Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day by Robert Browning
A Christmas-Eve chapel visitor recounts a vision in which he follows Christ to Rome and a German lecture on Christianity, then returns to join the chapel’s hymn. The Easter-Day speaker debates Christian belief and renunciation, then recalls a vision of judgment in which he is confined to earthly pleasures and excluded from heaven. He begs for renewed hope and regains consciousness at dawn; three years later, he remains unsure whether the encounter was a dream.
By Robert Browning · Genre: Religious Poetry, Philosophical Poetry, Narrative Poetry · 27,262 words
First lines
Florence, 1850
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Genres
- Religious Poetry — The rhymed speakers dispute Christian worship, Christ’s divinity, renunciation, judgment and salvation.
- Philosophical Poetry — Extended verse arguments distinguish moral knowledge from religious motivation and question whether certainty would leave room for faith.
- Narrative Poetry — The verse recounts a chapel visitor’s visionary journey and another speaker’s encounter with a judge who exposes the limits of earthly pleasures.
Tags
Christian faith · religious doubt · worship · divine judgment · renunciation · salvation
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Browning
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Religious Poetry, Philosophical Poetry, Narrative Poetry
- Length: 27,262 words
- Structure: 1 section, 111 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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