ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -His most popular poems include Porphyria’s Lover, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, the diptych Meeting at Night, the patriotic Home Thoughts from Abroad, and the children’s poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Browning, (born May 7, 1812, London-died Dec. 12, 1889, Venice), major English poet of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue and psychological portraiture. His most noted work was The Ring and the Book (1868–69), the story of a Roman murder trial in 12 books.

Detailed explanation-3: -Browning’s first published poem was Pauline, printed in 1833 when he was twenty-one. He had modeled the poem after the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, a hero of his.

Detailed explanation-4: -Porphyria’s Lover. The renowned dramatic monologue originates from Browning’s 1842 collection of verse entitled Bells and Pomegranates. The poem was written in 1836, and got its definitive title in 1863.