Porphyria's Lover Figurative Language

“Porphyria's Lover” by Robert Browning Robert Browning was born May 7th, 1812 in Camberwell England. He grew up relatively financial stable with both his parents being positive influence into his life. Browning was interested in books and so forth from a small age. He eventually met his wife, Elizabeth Barrett, who was a already known and rather upper class person and a fellow poet/writer. After research it was found that this story was not always named “Porphyria’s Lover”. Although the poem was publicized in 1863 it was not until it was published in a magazine that it was named “Porphyria’s Lover”. A similar poem that Browning wrote was “ My Last Dutchess” which had a similar plot. It goes to show that most of Browning’s monologue is based on some sort of disturbed theme, which makes one
The first figurative language seen is personification, “sullen wind was soon awake,” and “and did it worst to vex the lake.” Personification is what is used mostly to describe the scenery and give life to things that are none living. As the poem goes on we see a great deal of symbolization. One of which include the “yellow hair” that Porphyria possesses. The speaker stresses her yellow, or blond, hair a lot and makes it seem that he has a fetish with her hair. It also symbolizes that Porphyria was most likely fair skinned or white. A second out going symbol is “the storm”. This symbolized the mentality of the speaker before the plot plays out. The speaker already had a vicious and negative mentality even before Porphyria arrived at the cottage. The “cuddling by the fire” was also a significant symbol. This showed that the romance was so strong that before the speaker had his head on her shoulders; whiles after he killed her, they changed positions and her head was on his shoulders. The fireplace is a place of romance and protection from