ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -His optimism is based on life’s realities. Life is full of imperfection but in this very imperfection lies hope, according to Browning’s philosophy. He does not challenge the old dogmas. He accepts the conventional view of God, the immortality of the soul, and the Christian belief in incarnation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Browning thinks that the only thing in man’s control is to strive for the absolute perfection. Man should set lofty goals and try attain them. Though man fails to attain his desired goal, God gives him another chance to achieve success in the life after death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Browning’s optimism is founded on the realities of life. It is not ‘blind’ as he does not shut his eyes to the evil prevailing in daily life routine. He knows that human life is a mixture of good and evil, of love and the ugliness, of despair and hopefulness, but he derives hope from this very imperfection of life.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the technical sense, Robert Browning has no formal message, church and philosophy. But he had definite and firm views on human life and human nature and of the relation of both to God. The basis of Browning’s optimism is human imperfections. Another important aspect of his conception of love is its optimism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Robert Browning, (1812-1899), one of the major Victorian poets, is an optimist and as an optimist he places himself above almost all writers of his era. We, in his poems, find his optimistic attitude towards love which make him optimist in every aspects of life.