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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Letter
In the letter by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, an English poet, she supplicates to Napoleon III to reinstate Victor Hugo back into France after getting exiled due to his writings being seen as offensive toward the government. The intended purpose of the letter is to change Napoleon’s mind about exiling Hugo from France, in order to retain one of the most admired and impressive poets from France. Through the use of parallel structure and reverent tone Browning creates reasoning on why the Emperor of France should pardon Hugo.
Throughout this letter, Browning strives to get the attention of Napoleon to read the meaningful letter she wrote out to him. Browning wants to make it clear that “what touches you is” what creates the significance of
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