ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"Porphyria ’s Lover” is a poem by Robert Browning which was first published as “Porphyria” in the January 1836 issue of Monthly Repository . Browning later republished it in Dramatic Lyrics (1842) paired with “Johannes Agricola in Meditation” under the title “Madhouse Cells".

Detailed explanation-2: -obert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” was initially entitled “Porphyria” when in 1836 it first appeared within the Monthly Repository. It had great appeal to its later Victorian audience who was shocked by the description of Porphyria’s death.

Detailed explanation-3: -”Porphyria’s Lover” Meaning One possible meaning of the poem is the influence of insanity. In this theory, the speaker is an insane man who has killed his lover because he wants to capture their moment together forever.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Porphyria’s Lover” is written in iambic tetrameter. This means there are four poetic feet in each line, each with an unstressed-stressed syllable pattern.