Research Paper On Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I Tanti Modi di Amore; The Many Ways of Love
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most notorious poets of the Victorian Era; the Victorian Era formally began in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen), and ended in 1901 (the year of Victoria’s death) (“The Victorian Period” Par. 1). In fact, Browning influenced future poets such as Emily Dickinson, who was a famous American poet. Browning’s literature was very popular in both England and the United States. Through her literature, Browning expressed her undefined love to her husband, Robert Browning. In fact, she was able to count the ways she loved her husband in “How Do I Love Thee?” which is Sonnet 43. This sonnet expresses the many ways the speaker loves her beloved completely and …show more content…
Since childhood, Browning had a spinal infection, which made her lungs weak and delicate (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning: British Poet” Par. 3). Browning was considered the most admirable woman poet of the nineteenth century; her literature even surpassed her beloved poet husband, Robert Browning. As Poetry Magazine says, “An example of the reach of her fame may be seen in the influence that she had upon the recluse poet who lived in the rural college town of Amherst, Massachusetts. A framed portrait of Mrs. Browning hung in the bedroom of Emily Dickinson, whose life had been transfigured by the poetry of "that Foreign Lady."(Poetry Foundation Par. 1). From the time when Dickinson had first become acquainted with Browning 's writings, Dickinson had ecstatically admired her as a poet and had virtually idolized her as a woman who had achieved such a rich fulfillment in her life” (Poetry Foundation Par. 1). Browning’s humane point of view manifests itself in her poems aimed at redressing many forms of social injustice such as “the slave trade in America, the labor of children in the mines and the mills of England, the oppression of the Italian people by the Austrians, and the restrictions forced upon women in nineteenth-century society.” (Poetry Foundation Par. 1). Browning’s married life, even though she was ill, was supremely happy. Browning’s husband took care of Elizabeth upon her death. He wrote to Miss
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most notorious poets of the Victorian Era; the Victorian Era formally began in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen), and ended in 1901 (the year of Victoria’s death) (“The Victorian Period” Par. 1). In fact, Browning influenced future poets such as Emily Dickinson, who was a famous American poet. Browning’s literature was very popular in both England and the United States. Through her literature, Browning expressed her undefined love to her husband, Robert Browning. In fact, she was able to count the ways she loved her husband in “How Do I Love Thee?” which is Sonnet 43. This sonnet expresses the many ways the speaker loves her beloved completely and …show more content…
Since childhood, Browning had a spinal infection, which made her lungs weak and delicate (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning: British Poet” Par. 3). Browning was considered the most admirable woman poet of the nineteenth century; her literature even surpassed her beloved poet husband, Robert Browning. As Poetry Magazine says, “An example of the reach of her fame may be seen in the influence that she had upon the recluse poet who lived in the rural college town of Amherst, Massachusetts. A framed portrait of Mrs. Browning hung in the bedroom of Emily Dickinson, whose life had been transfigured by the poetry of "that Foreign Lady."(Poetry Foundation Par. 1). From the time when Dickinson had first become acquainted with Browning 's writings, Dickinson had ecstatically admired her as a poet and had virtually idolized her as a woman who had achieved such a rich fulfillment in her life” (Poetry Foundation Par. 1). Browning’s humane point of view manifests itself in her poems aimed at redressing many forms of social injustice such as “the slave trade in America, the labor of children in the mines and the mills of England, the oppression of the Italian people by the Austrians, and the restrictions forced upon women in nineteenth-century society.” (Poetry Foundation Par. 1). Browning’s married life, even though she was ill, was supremely happy. Browning’s husband took care of Elizabeth upon her death. He wrote to Miss