English Literature / Unit 19 ENL 1821 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Signature of Victorian Verse
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The idea
Victorian verse favours the dramatic monologue, in which a character reveals himself, as in "That's my last Duchess painted on the wall," and themes of faith and doubt, social reform, medievalism and art. Its music ranges from Tennyson's smoothness to Browning's roughness and Hopkins's sprung rhythm.
In practice
Monologue, doubt, medievalism.
Where people slip
Speaker and poet differ.
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