Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is your favourite poem, and why?message-squaremessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down13
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite poem, and why?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareearlgrey0@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoPorphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning just rolled around in my head for day after I first read it. It’s really dark but feels so completely human at the same time. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46313/porphyrias-lover
minus-squarehoneybadger1417@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI love Robert Browning. Love Among the Ruins has always been my favorite, although I’m not sure why. I honestly don’t think it’s his best work.
Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning just rolled around in my head for day after I first read it. It’s really dark but feels so completely human at the same time.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46313/porphyrias-lover
I love Robert Browning. Love Among the Ruins has always been my favorite, although I’m not sure why. I honestly don’t think it’s his best work.