Glen Everett also tells us when Browning was twelve he wrote a handful of poems, which he entitled "Incondita." Though he wrote almost nothing between the ages of thirteen to twenty, he seemed to show the makings of a great poet with his collection of juvenile creations. His two most prominent of these poems, "The Dance of Death," and, "The First Born of Egypt," reflect his influences from other poetry of the time and his adolescent emotions (Everett 12-13).
             Everett also goes on to explain that when the young Browning matured into an adult in 1832 he published Pauline. The poem about a deep infatuation with the imaginary Pauline conveyed a depressive and saddening image. Critics of Browning's at the time commented that his plays (also including Paracelsus and Sordella) carried with them a morbid self - consciousness. When questioned about his early poems Browning explained that while writing he portrayed different characters that he did not realize. Though Browning's first three poems were not that successful they helped explain his earlier hopes and poetic style. After many tumultuous years of ridicule and development of his poetry Browning finally met his angel (and soon to be wife), Elizabeth Barrett, a well-known poet herself. With her help and popularity Elizabeth gave Browning the push he needed to resolve the difficulties he was facing with his poetry. Browning went on to publish collections such as Christmas Eve a!
             nd Easter Day which represented his serious approaches on issues such as religion and others which he had incorporated into his fiction. As the years progressed Browning sharpened his skills and direction (Everett 22). Browning can be compared equally paralleled to one female and one male poet of the Victorian age, his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
             Browning loved drama. Pierre Loving tells us Browning believed that every perso...