“Ambition is not what a man does... but what a man would like to do." (www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/robert_browning.html ) Robert Browning became one of the greatest important poets of the Victorian period. His dramatic monologues made him an important figure in the history of English poetry. Most of his creativity and literary ingenuity came from following the practices of his parents' devotion. learning. Robert Browning was a playwright, poet, although he had many failures that led him to triumph. Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812 in Camberwell, England. His father was a bank clerk and musician, religious mother. He was primarily educated at home. His learning came from his father's library. His father had a book collection of over 6,000 volumes. Browning briefly attended the University of London in 1828. (“Robert Browning”) Years later, his cousin gave a collection of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Subsequently he devoted himself to poetry. In 1833 Browning published his first major work, Pauline, and in 1840 he published Sordello, which was widely considered a failure. His early poetry, based on Shelley's confessional style, was criticized and he abandoned poetry for drama. When he tried his hand at drama, but his comedies were unsuccessful. He had begun with a series of long operas, the last of which, based on the life of a 13th-century troubadour, was a catastrophic failure. It earned it a reputation for impenetrable difficulty. ("Robert Browning") Browning went on to publish Dramatis Personae (1863) and The Ring and the Book (1868). (www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-browning) After Browning finishes reading Elizabeth...... middle of the paper...... "mine" as if showing he owns her. He takes her hair, twists it three times around her throat and strangles her. She takes it for granted that her emotions are as if she were still alive. Now it has been reduced to an object. He says that Porphyria could never have imagined that her desire to be with him would be fulfilled. (Milford 282-83)Work cited PageGibson, Mary Ellis, ed. Critical essays on Robert Browning. New York: G. K. Hall, 1992 Milford, Sir Humphrey. Poems by Robert Browning. London: Oxford, 1949Scott Katsan, David, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. New York: Oxford, 2006Williams, Ioan M. Literary Criticism: Robert Browning. New York: Arco, 1970Winar, Frances. The Immortal Lovers: Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. New York: Harper & Row, 1926 http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-browning http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-browning