ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ring and the Book, more than 20, 000-line poem by Robert Browning, written in blank verse and published in 12 books from 1868 to 1869. The work, considered to be his greatest, was based on the proceedings of a Roman murder trial in 1698.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ring and the Book is generally conceded to be Robert Browning’s masterwork. It was inspired by what became known as The Old Yellow Book. Its depositions, written testimony for a murder trial in 1698 Rome, were covered in soiled, yellowing vellum.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -"How Do I Love Thee?” (Sonnet 43) is probably Barrett Browning’s most famous poem today. The victim of a thousand wedding readings, it is part of her Sonnets from the Portuguese cycle, and was written during her courtship with Robert Browning.