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Porphyria's Lover -
Robert Browning
- "heart fit to break"
- Hints at his mental instability
- Hints at his mental instability
- "And"
(repetition)
- Chronologically recounting the
events leading up to her
murder
- Chronologically recounting the
events leading up to her
murder
- "Yellow hair...yellow hair"
(repetition)
- Shows his obsession with it
- Foreshadowing his use with it
- Shows his obsession with it
- "From pride, and vainer ties dissever"
- Narrator is critical
of Porphyria's lack
of commitment
- Narrator is critical
of Porphyria's lack
of commitment
- "In one long yellow string I
wound three times her little
throat around"
- Description is shocking because
it is unexpected
- No change in rhytm
- Description is shocking because
it is unexpected
- "As a shut bud that holds a
bee, I warily opened her lids"
(simile)
- Suggests that he is afraid of
something when he opens her
eyes
- Suggests that he is afraid of
something when he opens her
eyes
- "droops...rosy"
(flower imagery)
- Reflects her beauty
- Flowers droop, just like this
perfect moment won't last
- Reflects her beauty
- "God has not said a word"
- Ambiguous
- 1) Could be he is
surprised he is not yet
punished
- 2) He believes he's not
committed a sin at all
- 1) Could be he is
surprised he is not yet
punished
- Ambiguous
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