Porphyria's lover

• 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