Porphyria's Lover (Unabridged): A Psychological Poem from one of the most important Victorian poets and playwrights, regarded as a sage and philosophe

by Robert Browning and Joy Avery

"Porphyria's Lover" is Browning's first ever short dramatic monologue, and also the first of his poems to examine abnormal psychology. In the poem, a man strangles his lover - Porphyria - with her hair. Porphyria's lover then talks of the corpse's blue eyes, golden hair, and describes the feeling of perfect happiness the murder gives him. Although he winds her hair around her throat 3 times to throttle her, the woman never cries out. The poem uses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8026890957
• ISBN13: 9788026890959
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: E-Artnow
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"