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  Brief summary This poem is one of the well-known dramatic monologues of Browning. It raises his recurring infatuation of transcending death and the belief of life after death as hailed in Hindu mythology. The title of the poem is revealing too as the meaning of the word "prospice" in Latin is to "look forward". Browning stands against the mighty death as he is a fighter and he insinuates that this could be his "the best and the last" fight. He knows it very well that despite being a brave man, he could not straightaway beat death, he is ready to embrace death like "the heroes of old". He can imagine that all the "pain, darkness and cold accompanying death end in "a minute". It is merely a task of holding on for moments of anguish, then calmness will prevail. A divine light will appear followed by his beloved, whom he has been missing for in his lifetime and finally with her and the God. Literary devices "fear...feel...fog......

The poem "Meeting at Night" written by Robert Browning is a short poem of twelve lines poem written in the rhyme scheme of abccba deffed.  Stanza 1 In the first stanza, the narrator gives an imagery of the depiction of the sea and the land, how they seem grey and black respectively. The waves and tides ebb in a circular formation. He can see the yellow half-moon above him laying low. Through these initial lines, we come to know that he is somewhere near the sea and is approaching the land through a ship. As the ship reaches the sandy shore, its speed dwindles. Through the title of the poem, we can reckon that the narrator is meeting someone at night. Another question can be raised about why he is meeting in dark. Who is he meeting? This suspense will be cleared at the end of the poem.  Stanza 2 After reaching the land, he walks a mile on the beach and across three fields and then, at last, he reaches his destination, a farmhouse. He taps on the window pan...

The poem "Evelyn Hope" written by Robert Browning narrates a story of a hyper-optimistic narrator who choose not to grieve for her just dead beloved but plans his meeting with her in their next life. The poem is a testimony to Browning's lofty optimism. Equally unusual is the narrator who is aged three times his unrequited love. She didn't know him while she was alive. His excessive hopeful nature somewhat feels unrealistic. Browning's portrayal of the narrator resembles his other poems such as "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" where the narrator is mentally unstable and paranoid. Death is again there too of beloved's. Although here, in this poem the narrator talks philosophically about life and gives her dead beloved a leaf as a memento to remember him and his love for him in the next life. Stanza 1 The narrator begins the poem by informing the readers that the eponymous Evelyn Hope, a young girl is dead and he visits her. H...

The poem "My Last Duchess", a type of Dramatic Monologue is written by Robert Browning, a Victorian poet. It is written in Rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem presents the same the influence of Patriarchal society in which men dominates women and decide their life and wishes. Browning also wrote another male dominated poem " Porphyria's Lover ". The narrator, Duke of Ferrara invites or it seems, orders an associate of his guest to watch his collection of exquisite paintings, particularly a portrait of his ex-wife. He describes the reason behind the expression on her face, and then her wife's characteristics and goodness, then he reveals a feature of her which he hates, and he also insinuates that he had her murdered. The associate, who listens to his story, actually accompanies his master to arrange a marriage between the latter's daughter and the Duke. The narrator, i.e. the Duke, walks with an unknown guest and shows him his collection of ...

The poem "Porphyria's Lover" penned by Robert Browning. It is a type of Dramatic Monologue , a form in which an individual, not the poet, narrates the poem. The poem exhibit abnormal psychology and eccentricity of a person who without any hesitation murders her lover, just to relieve her from "the conflict", upholding his action with justification. The poem has some similarity with Browning's other poem " My Last Duchess " in which the Duke similarly have her murdered for a petty reason. The narrator describes the rainy late evening and the strong and gloomy wind begins to blow. It breaks the top-most portion of Elms tree and it seems that it has grudge against it. The lake has also bear its brunt of it. These may be signs of bad omen. The narrator listens to all above phenomenon with his "heart fit to break". It seems that he is a little discontented and wait for someone i.e. his beloved, Porphyria. She enters and shut the door because...