My Last Duchess and Other Poems

Perhaps todays greatest admiration for the Victorian poet Robert Browning (1812–1889) is for his brilliant invention of the theatrical monologue. He aimed to expose his subjects true natures through their own frequently self-justifying narratives of their lives and affairs in this captivating poetry manner. A number of these dramatic monologues including the legendary Fra Lippo Lippi How It Hits a Modern and The Bishop Orders His Burial at Saint Praxeds Church are included in this selection of forty-two poems.They include well-known shorter pieces like The Pied Piper of Hamelin Home-Thoughts from Away Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister and more. These also include the well-known My Last Duchess dramatic lyrics like Memorabilia and Love among the Ruins and more.