Dramatic Lyrics is a collection of English poems by Robert Browning

Robert Browning

Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:...

, first published in 1842 as the second volume in a series of self-published books entitled Bells and Pomegranates. It is most famous as the first appearance of Browning's poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great many children from the town of Hamelin , Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in pied clothing, leading the children away from the town never...

, but also contains several of the poet's other best-known pieces, including My Last Duchess

My Last Duchess

"My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics.-Poem structure and historical background:...

, Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister

Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister

Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister is a dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning, first published in his collection Dramatic Lyrics . It is written in the voice of an unnamed Spanish monk. The poem consists of nine eight-line stanzas and is written in iambic tetrameter...

, Porphyria's Lover

Porphyria's Lover

"Porphyria's Lover" is a poem by Robert Browning and it was first published as "Porphyria" in the January 1836 issue of Monthly Repository. Browning later republished it in Dramatic Lyrics paired with "Johannes Agricola in Meditation" under the title "Madhouse Cells." The poem did not receive its...

, and Johannes Agricola in Meditation

Johannes Agricola in Meditation

"Johannes Agricola in Meditation" is an early dramatic monologue by Robert Browning. The poem was first published in the Monthly Repository; later, it appeared in Dramatic Lyrics paired with Porphyria's Lover under the title "Madhouse Cells."Agricola's "meditations" serve primarily as a critique...

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Contents

Many of the original titles given by Browning to the poems in this collection, as with its "follow-up" collection Dramatic Romances and Lyrics

Dramatic Romances and Lyrics

Dramatic Romances and Lyrics is a collection of English poems by Robert Browning, first published in 1845 as the seventh volume in a series of self-published books entitled Bells and Pomegranates.- Contents :...

, are different from the ones he later gave them in various editions of his collected works. Since this book was originally self-published in a very small edition, these poems are now always referred to by their later titles.

i>Cavalier Tunes— Marching Along Give a Rouse My Wife Gertrude	i>Cavalier Tunes— Marching Along Give a Rouse Boot and Saddle
i>Italy and France— Italy France	My Last Duchess My Last Duchess "My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics.-Poem structure and historical background:... Count Gismond Count Gismond "Count Gismond" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics.The poem is written in 21 verses....
i>Camp and Cloister— Camp (French) Cloister (Spanish)	Incident of the French Camp Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister is a dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning, first published in his collection Dramatic Lyrics . It is written in the voice of an unnamed Spanish monk. The poem consists of nine eight-line stanzas and is written in iambic tetrameter...
In a Gondola Artemis Prologizes Waring	In a Gondola Artemis Prologizes Waring
i>Queen-Worship— Rudel and the Lady of Tripoli Cristina	Rudel to the Lady of Tripoli Cristina
i>Madhouse Cells—	Johannes Agricola in Meditation Johannes Agricola in Meditation "Johannes Agricola in Meditation" is an early dramatic monologue by Robert Browning. The poem was first published in the Monthly Repository; later, it appeared in Dramatic Lyrics paired with Porphyria's Lover under the title "Madhouse Cells."Agricola's "meditations" serve primarily as a critique... Porphyria's Lover Porphyria's Lover "Porphyria's Lover" is a poem by Robert Browning and it was first published as "Porphyria" in the January 1836 issue of Monthly Repository. Browning later republished it in Dramatic Lyrics paired with "Johannes Agricola in Meditation" under the title "Madhouse Cells." The poem did not receive its...
Through the Metidja to Abd-El-Kadr, 1842 The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Through the Metidja to Abd-El-Kadr The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great many children from the town of Hamelin , Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in pied clothing, leading the children away from the town never...

External links

• Complete combined text of Dramatic Lyrics and Dramatic Romances And Lyrics