One Word More by Robert Browning
Recalling Rafael's lost sonnets and Dante's interrupted angel drawing, a poet wishes to express his love through an art other than his usual craft. Limited to verse, he offers his beloved fifty poems and speaks in his own person, comparing their private intimacy to a side of the moon unseen by the world.
By Robert Browning · Genre: Love Poetry, Metapoetry, Lyric Poetry · 2,556 words
First lines
To E. B. B.
_London, September, 1855_
Genres
- Love Poetry — The speaker offers his poems and himself to his beloved and describes the private understanding they share beyond public recognition.
- Metapoetry — The speaker examines his practice of speaking through characters and makes this direct personal address an alternative within his sole available art, verse.
- Lyric Poetry — Nineteen numbered stanzas sustain a first-person address to the beloved, joining declarations of affection with reflections on artistic expression.
Tags
love · artistic expression · poetic voice · private intimacy · painting · dedication
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Browning
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Love Poetry, Metapoetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 2,556 words
- Structure: 1 section, 42 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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