ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is included in?
A
Dramatis Personae
B
Dramatic Idyls
C
Asolando
D
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Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rabbi Ben Ezra, dramatic monologue by Robert Browning, published in the collection Dramatis Personae (1864).

Detailed explanation-2: -Read a brief summary of this topic 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dramatic monologue is a lyric poem in which the speaker addresses a silent listener, revealing themselves in the context of a dramatic situation (Murfin & Supryia, 1998). Moreover, the. character is speaking to an identifiable but silent listener at a dramatic moment in the speaker’s life.

Detailed explanation-4: -The silent Porphyria after death is all he wants as he can now control her like an object and keep her for himself only, far from the world. ‘My Last Duchess’ is also one of Browning’s well-known dramatic monologues.

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