“Porphyria’s_Lover”_Analysis

“Porphyria’s Lover” Analysis Robert Browning’s first dramatic monologue entitled, “Porphyria’s Lover” explores both psychological and mental states of its main character. It is told by a madman in the process of murdering his lover by strangling her with her own hair, which he does so that she can be his forever and will be in an eternal state of love. The title shows that the poem is about the main character’s lover Porphyria. Browning uses personification, actions of the characters, and the setting to define the speaker’s attitude. This brings us to the question: What is the meaning of this poem' In lines 2-4, it shows how the wind was soon awake, tore the elm-tops down for spite, and vexed the lake. The speaker is giving human like qualities to things of nature. How is this strange' A sane person can tell the difference between what is authentic or counterfeit, dead or alive; however, this character’s mental and psychological state is abnormal. You will see this further in the poem. The setting of the poem is also strange. A few details provide the setting: a stormy night, a cottage with a fireplace. It is also very gloomy, poem, lover, strange, speaker, says, porphyria, state, love, lines, wind, shows, setting, mental, hair, forever, very, tore, thoughts, spite, soon, shown, sense, rain, psychopath, psychological, porphyria’s, pelzer, own, one, nothing, mine, make, main, made, long