Biography / E4-Resources / Poetry
by EILeditor · Published February 10, 2014 · Last modified August 26, 2020
Robert Browning Biography Family background Early career & personality First major poems (Paracelsus and Sordello) Dramatic works Expanding poetic repertoire Marriage Browning’s masterpiece: The Ring and the Book Growing fame Later writings Beliefs (religious...
Audio / Video / Classics-Based Writing Resource / Poetry
by Janice Campbell · Published January 31, 2014 · Last modified December 30, 2022
“How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix” is a vivid and evocative story poem is characteristic of Robert Browning’s dramatic verse. In the first video at the bottom of this post, he...
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning [This poem comes from Browning’s Shorter Poems, edited by Franklin Baker, published in 1917 and now in the public domain. Mr. Baker’s introductory and line notes are included...
E1-Resources / E4-Resources / Poetry
by Rebecca · Published September 29, 2012 · Last modified September 20, 2020
CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS OR, NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND by Robert Browning from Browning’s Shorter Poems: Selected and Edited by Franklin Baker, Professor of English in Teachers College, Columbia University. Fourth edition, The Macmillan...
The text below comes from the poetry collection, Men and Women, by Robert Browning. The helpful introductory and line notes (make sure you don’t miss those — they’re located at the end of the poem)...
“The Bishop Orders His Tomb” by Robert Browning is considered to be the first blank verse dramatic monologue poem in English. In it, a (fictional) dying bishop speaks to his sons and contemplates his...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a legend in which a piper, hired as a rat-catcher, wreaks a clever revenge when the townspeople refuse to pay for his services. Here is Robert Browning’s poetic...
Robert Browning Poetry Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet, known for his dramatic verse. Considered one of the foremost poets of the Victorian era, Browning was born the same year as Charles Dickens....
Here’s the Everyday Educator — our annual newsletter handout. It has book lists and helpful articles about homeschooling topics. We’d rather be sharing it in person, but for now, you can download the Everyday Educator here. I hope you enjoy it!
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