meeting at night
“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning
The theme of this poem by Robert Browning, ”Meeting at Night”, is that to find true love, one will endure tough times before finding the right person. The narrator describes his journey along the beach to arrive at a place where he finds love. The speaker goes through an enchanting adventure and in the end, finds true love like in a Disney movie. Browning’s use of imagery and personification made the poem easy to understand and enjoyable to read. In each stanza, the speaker uses tone and emotion as great poetic devices to express powerful emotion. Robert Browning uses imagery, personification, tone, and emotion in this poem to describe the underlying message in this poem, true love.
Robert Browning was born in May 7th, 1812. He was the son of a pianist and a bank clerk. His father, a bank clerk, was also an artist who collected books and pictures. Throughout his childhood Robert practiced music, dancing, and horsemanship. By fourteen, he wrote a volume of Byronic verse, but it was never published. Robert’s finest work called Men and Women was published in 1855. Robert Browning’s accomplishments and his use of diction gave inspiration to many famous poets such as Robert Frost and Ezra Pound. The renowned poet, Robert Browning was also awarded honorary degrees by Oxford University and University of Edinburgh. Also, in 1881, The Browning Society was founded to appreciate the poems of Robert Browning and other Victorian poets (Poets.org). Robert Browning’s poem expresses imagery in a very creative and exciting way. First, the beginning line of this poem explains the setting, the “grey sea” and “the black land” in the background (Browning, line 1). A reader can get a visual of a pastoral setting because Browning says, “Three fields to cross till a farm appears”(Browning, line 8). Browning also says, “And the yellow half-moon large and low” (Browning, line 2), this further paints a reader’s picture
The theme of this poem by Robert Browning, ”Meeting at Night”, is that to find true love, one will endure tough times before finding the right person. The narrator describes his journey along the beach to arrive at a place where he finds love. The speaker goes through an enchanting adventure and in the end, finds true love like in a Disney movie. Browning’s use of imagery and personification made the poem easy to understand and enjoyable to read. In each stanza, the speaker uses tone and emotion as great poetic devices to express powerful emotion. Robert Browning uses imagery, personification, tone, and emotion in this poem to describe the underlying message in this poem, true love.
Robert Browning was born in May 7th, 1812. He was the son of a pianist and a bank clerk. His father, a bank clerk, was also an artist who collected books and pictures. Throughout his childhood Robert practiced music, dancing, and horsemanship. By fourteen, he wrote a volume of Byronic verse, but it was never published. Robert’s finest work called Men and Women was published in 1855. Robert Browning’s accomplishments and his use of diction gave inspiration to many famous poets such as Robert Frost and Ezra Pound. The renowned poet, Robert Browning was also awarded honorary degrees by Oxford University and University of Edinburgh. Also, in 1881, The Browning Society was founded to appreciate the poems of Robert Browning and other Victorian poets (Poets.org). Robert Browning’s poem expresses imagery in a very creative and exciting way. First, the beginning line of this poem explains the setting, the “grey sea” and “the black land” in the background (Browning, line 1). A reader can get a visual of a pastoral setting because Browning says, “Three fields to cross till a farm appears”(Browning, line 8). Browning also says, “And the yellow half-moon large and low” (Browning, line 2), this further paints a reader’s picture
Cited: Browning, Robert. "Meeting at Night." The Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2013. Poets.org. "Robert Browning." Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2013.