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Robert Browning Research Paper

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The Poetry of Robert Browning

Robert Browning was an English poet, whose dramatic monologues made him a prominent figure during the Victorian Era. Although he struggled during his early career, Browning made profound works which changed the style of poetry at the time. He was influenced by his own and historical events and wanted to create poems which applied to the public, which loved novels at the time. His poems hinted at historical events and developed poems based upon the mind of a psychopath. Additionally, his poems were often dramatic lyrics and is written iambic pentameter couplets. The significance of Browning’s poems is that it develops the universal themes of power, communication, jealousy, culture, and madness. Robert Browning,

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