tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post6756598638045138351..comments2023-10-29T07:25:30.056+00:00Comments on Got Vampire?: Murder and Madness: Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning!Lorelei Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294047277447613989noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-50629770855652463062012-08-14T15:54:16.966+01:002012-08-14T15:54:16.966+01:00thank you so very much for that!
i'm just goin...thank you so very much for that!<br />i'm just going to read that analysis now.<br />thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-82898458793557395342012-08-13T19:50:14.273+01:002012-08-13T19:50:14.273+01:00Porphyria's Lover is one of the most disturbin...Porphyria's Lover is one of the most disturbing, human psychic poetry. You have described the poem very well. Read <a href="http://heart-stupid.blogspot.in/2012/04/porphyrias-lover-by-robert-browning.html" rel="nofollow">Literary Analysis and Summary of Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning</a> here.Ashish Youngyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050483204044147825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-56388942617267218282010-10-10T20:11:35.219+01:002010-10-10T20:11:35.219+01:00Wow Gaynor, thank you so much.
I love your anaylsi...Wow Gaynor, thank you so much.<br />I love your anaylsis. Yes, so in esscence it's the lover saying how he has total control over her and when he realizes he does he 'kills' her whether real or not.<br />that is fascinating.<br />actually, looking at it that way makes it even more chilling for me!<br />thank you so much Gaynor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-2161306255729164872010-10-10T17:15:14.636+01:002010-10-10T17:15:14.636+01:00I love this poem, but I think you probably guessed...I love this poem, but I think you probably guessed I would Carole. I like your analysis and must say I've never found this poem easy to read. <br /><br />Taken on the face value of the murder then yes it is very wicked, if you read it as a metaphor for sexual love within marriage it takes on a different meaning. However in that time sex and mariage had very different meanings for women. Death and love went hand in hand for any married women. <br /><br />Woman gave their heart, hand and money to their husband and he was legally entitled to consider his wife his property. It was perfectly legal to beat your wife as long as the stick was no thicker than your wrist and rape in marriage was not recognised. That is even without the very real prospect of death in childbirth and this is what I've always read into this poem. Because in this time death was a common outcome. Husbands must have felt the had killed their wives as surely as if they'd strangled them. God must have seemed to be at odds with what the Church proclaimed as the expected duty of husband and wife. God voice would be needed to ease a husband's grief and guilt. <br /><br />I think you picked a great poem and I loved you take on it. What I really like is you always make me think. I'm looking forward to your next post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-85887242658590488822010-10-06T12:40:24.880+01:002010-10-06T12:40:24.880+01:00Thank you, Blake.
It made me wonder too.
We expect...Thank you, Blake.<br />It made me wonder too.<br />We expect Poe to sound tortured because he was, but then the question is, was Browning also tortured?<br />If he wasn't, he certainly--as you rightly said was able to think like a madman which makes his writing all the more great.<br />thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-23903614142714582872010-10-06T12:17:04.749+01:002010-10-06T12:17:04.749+01:00It makes one wonder if Browning himself was a bit ...It makes one wonder if Browning himself was a bit of a madman. It made me stop to think what man would be insane enough to sit with the corpse of his love. Is it true madness to hold on to that which we love? If I were to loose my wife, my one true love, my best friend; I do beleive that they would have to ram the door down to take her away from me. Now is that madness? Or is but true undying love? Maybe I myself am a bit of madman! Kudos to Mr. Browning for thinking like a madman.B E Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463625856439187261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-64849364886534198352010-10-03T18:17:45.030+01:002010-10-03T18:17:45.030+01:00Thank you! Delete away!
I am grateful for your kin...Thank you! Delete away!<br />I am grateful for your kind comments!<br />Yes I did that I guess because he is Porphyria's Lover and though he killed her, I believe he loved her. But it was the love of a madman. And truly I did not see an 'end.' I wondered when he would finally tear himself away and then I decided he wouldn't, not by choice!<br />thanks so much, Margarita!<br />and thank you for the inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-86498453057994791592010-10-03T17:25:07.750+01:002010-10-03T17:25:07.750+01:00What is really interesting is the choice of angle ...What is really interesting is the choice of angle - choosing to tell the story from the "evil" side. It sounds to me like an attempt to change to point of view, to see the other side of horror. We are horrified because we kind of put ourselves in the victim's shoes. But what of the murderer? It's a bit in line with what good old Alfred H. would do :)<br />Very entertaining analysis of the poem! Ohmy and the conclusion is terribly firghtening :)) <br />P.S. and I deleted my previous comment because of the many many many spelling mistakes :))))UKEduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07140928280565570049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330860891490096355.post-46058982777013926692010-10-03T17:23:08.022+01:002010-10-03T17:23:08.022+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.UKEduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07140928280565570049noreply@blogger.com