Porphyria's lover

• "the sullen wind was soon awake"
• "she shut the cold out and the storm"
• "she put her arm about my waist"
• "let her damp hair fall"
• "three times her little throat around, and strangled her"
• "i debated what to do"
• "a sudden thought of one so pale"
• "as a shut bud that holds a bee"
• written in 1836 by Robert Browning
• Porphyria is a mental illness that caused hallucinations, anxiety and confusion
• dramatic monologue - inspired by the gothic period