Porphyria's lover

    Cards (14)

    • who wrote Porphyria's lover
      Robert Browning
    • what time period did Robert Browning live through
      Victorian era
    • what is the context of Porphyria's lover
      written in the victorian era when when female sexuality was a taboo topic still
    • what is the structure of Porphyria's lover
      dramatic monologue reads like a story with no separate sections
    • what language is used in Porphyria's lover
      metaphors are used by the narrator to justify his actions // objectification // alliteration // religious imagery
    • what are the key points of Porphyria's lover
      Dramatic monologue // ominous atmosphere
    • name the quote that shows pathetic fallacy, sets the dark tone which is reflected by the disturbed speaker
      "The rain set early in to-night"
    • name the quote that shows that Porphyria has given the speaker warmth and shows the speakers love for Porphyria
      "all the cottage warm"
    • name the quote that has angelic connotations highlighting her innocence and vulnerability, this creates a sense of foreboding
      "smooth white shoulder"
    • name the quote that could be referring to Porphyria having another lover linking to how the speaker does not trust her
      "from pride and vainer lies dissever"
    • name the quote that shows the power imbalance in the relationship and that he never trusted her and its not about love; extreme twisted devotion
      "Porphyria worshipped me"
    • he thinks he is doing a good thing a good thing. the plosives in the repetition serve to in fact emphasise the pain showing the speakers misguidedness
      "no pain felt she - she felt no pain"
    • the speaker has played God in the poem and is now claiming to have got away with it, this example of blasphemy would be shocking to the listener especially a Victorian one
      "God has not said a word"
    • name the poems this one links to
      when we two parted // sonnet 29- i think of thee // The Farmers Bride