English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1312 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Robert Browning
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The idea
Robert Browning, after a first poem criticized as too Shelleyan, turned to objective, dramatic forms, especially the dramatic monologue in Dramatic Lyrics, of eighteen forty-two. The anchor defines it: a single speaker, an audience and an action that deepens our understanding of the speaker's mind.
In practice
Speaker, listener, revelation.
Where people slip
The speaker is not Browning.
Your place on the trail
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