Rawdon Brown by Robert Browning
Rawdon Brown tells Toni he must revisit England before he dies, despite preferring Venice. Looking at Venice’s morning sky and sea, he orders his luggage put down and declares he will stay; the narrator confirms he never left. The closing speaker, naming himself Browning, suggests he may follow Brown’s example the next week.
By Robert Browning · Genre: Sonnet · 214 words
First lines
"Tutti ga i so gusti, e mi go i mii. " / (_Venetian saying._)
Genres
- Sonnet — Fourteen rhymed lines recount Brown’s farewell, his sudden decision to stay, and the closing speaker’s comparison with himself.
Tags
Venice · England · abandoned departure · attachment to place · sonnet
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Browning
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Sonnet
- Length: 214 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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