"Porphyria's Lover" is one of many poems by Robert Browning. In this poem a woman named Porphyria is killed by her lover. This man's obsession with Porphyria led him to murder. Through vocabulary, imagery and situation Browning shows the reader the mind of an obsessed man. ...

Robert Browning "paints" a grim picture, for his reader in the poem, "Porphyria's Lover." Porphyria's lover is a killer, who ultimately destroys the love of Porphyria. His actions are murderous, and his conscience is free of sinful guilt. This poem is about two lov...

PORPHYRIA'S LOVER BY ROBERT BROWNING Violence towards a woman who was once desired and wor-shipped by men appears to be a recurring motif in Browning's po-ems. "Porphyria's lover" is one of the earliest dramatic mono-logues by Robert Browning in which he explores th...