Profuse Masculinity

by gwadeleonard

I think we can all agree that relationships are hard. We would also probably agree that, within relationships, some habits are healthier than others. Lastly, I am willing to venture we can all… Continue reading →

American Horror Story’s Tate Langdon: everything Robert Browning dreamed of

by uaspevans

Whether you’ve been an avid watcher of American Horror Story from the beginning or just caught the last season, you know of the series’ (alleged) psychopath Tate Langdon. His shaggy blonde hair, his dark… Continue reading →

Porphyria’s Lover Meme

by dylanjdelay

  This meme is based on Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover.” In the poem, Porphyria returns home during a storm and cozies up the house. She pulls her unnamed lover close and lies his head… Continue reading →

Exhibitions of Power in ‘My Last Duchess’

by dhguinn

“That’s my last duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive” (Browning 1-2) The Duke of Ferrara is the singularly compelling character in Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess,” not only… Continue reading →

Robert Browning’s Blank Space

by tiffsrae

I know. Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” paralleled with Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess?” Believe me, no one understands how absurd this sounds more than I do, but it works, does it not? The… Continue reading →

Dramatic Monologue: A look into characterization in Porphyria’s Lover

by ea04

Porphyria and her lover Robert Browning most well-known style is the dramatic monologue. So well-known that he has been called the father of the dramatic monologue. According to Philip Hobshaum of the Hudson… Continue reading →

A Much-Less-Eloquent Case Study of Porphyria’s Lover

by anniegwillett

Robert Browning gives us plenty to chew on by way of subtext in Porphyria’s Lover, even for such a short poem. Of course we appreciate the language itself: as pretty and intricate as… Continue reading →