Pippa Passes

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Pippa Passes is a verse drama by Robert Browning that follows a young silk-winder whose innocent songs profoundly influence the lives of those who overhear her.

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instanceOf literary work
poem
verse drama
adaptedBy D. W. Griffith
author Robert Browning
centralTheme chance and providence
innocence
moral influence
unconscious influence
containsMotto Everything's Alright
surface form: All’s right with the world
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
famousLine God’s in His heaven—All’s right with the world!
firstPublicationYear 1841
firstPublishedIn Bells and Pomegranates
form blank verse
genre dramatic poem
verse drama
hasAdaptation Pippa Passes (1909 film)
hasCharacter Bluphocks
Jules
Luigi
Luigi’s Mother
Monsignor
Ottima
Phene
Pippa
Sebald
hasNarrativePerspective third-person with embedded lyrics
influenced later Victorian dramatic poetry
influencesCharactersBy singing songs while passing by
language English
literaryForm closet drama
literaryMovement dramatic monologue tradition
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Pippa
narrativeDevice overheard songs
part Evening
Morning
Night
Noon
protagonistOccupation silk-winder
publisher Edward Moxon
settingCountry Italy
settingLocation Asolo
structure four parts
targetAudience adult readers
timeSpanOfAction New Year’s Day

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Robert Browning notableWork Pippa Passes