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Who is the writer of the poem ‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’?
A
Wordsworth
B
Milton
C
William Shakespeare
D
Robert Browning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Home-Thoughts, from Abroad by Robert Browning | Poetry Foundation.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Home Thoughts, from Abroad” is a poem by Robert Browning. It was written in 1845 while Browning was on a visit to northern Italy, and was first published in his Dramatic Romances and Lyrics.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Home-Thoughts, from Abroad” Themes England might not be exotic or exciting, but it’s the place the speaker loves best, and thus has a hold on the speaker that no foreign beauty can displace. The speaker’s wistful visions of England’s springtime loveliness suggests that homesickness is a powerful and poignant force.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thoughts by Walt Whitman-Poems | Academy of American Poets.

Detailed explanation-5: -With this poem, Home Thoughts From Abroad, Robert Browning puts himself in the position of one who has been away from home and is missing it dearly. The speaker, thus, is a traveler. The author can relate to his speaker in this. Robert Browning, having spent considerable time in Italy, knew the feeling of missing home.

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