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."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dramatic Lyrics canonical | 3 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (through Robert Browning's life and circle) ⓘ |
| author | Robert Browning ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
Count Gismond
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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
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poetry ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
contains some of Browning's most frequently anthologized poems
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recognized as an important milestone in Browning's career ⓘ |
| hasForm |
lyric poetry
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narrative verse ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
explores themes of power, psychology, and morality
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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
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politics and leadership ⓘ power and control in relationships ⓘ religion and hypocrisy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 1840s ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.