Dramatic Lyrics

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Dramatic Lyrics is an 1842 poetry collection by Robert Browning that includes some of his most famous dramatic monologues, such as "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
associatedWithAuthor Elizabeth Barrett Browning (through Robert Browning's life and circle)
author Robert Browning
containsPoem Count Gismond
Johannes Agricola
surface form: Johannes Agricola in Meditation

My Last Duchess
Porphyria's Lover
Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church
surface form: The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church

The Laboratory
The Lost Leader
Pied Piper of Hamelin
surface form: The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Waring
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstEditionFormat single-volume collection
genre dramatic monologue
poetry
hasCriticalReception contains some of Browning's most frequently anthologized poems
recognized as an important milestone in Browning's career
hasForm lyric poetry
narrative verse
hasNotableFeature explores themes of power, psychology, and morality
includes early examples of Browning's dramatic monologue form
many poems are spoken by fictional or historical characters
influenced development of the dramatic monologue in English poetry
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
partOf Robert Browning's early poetic works
publicationYear 1842
publisher Edward Moxon
subject human psychology
politics and leadership
power and control in relationships
religion and hypocrisy
timePeriodOfComposition early 1840s

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Robert Browning notableWork Dramatic Lyrics
My Last Duchess publishedIn Dramatic Lyrics
Porphyria's Lover laterCollection Dramatic Lyrics