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The Works of Robert Browning (Wordsworth Poetry) (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
The Works of Robert Browning - Wordsworth Poetry - Wordsworth Poetry Library Author:Robert Browning Robert Browning (1812-1889) represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates how a poet must be a sharp perceptive observer of the complexity of the human condition. Perhaps his most moving poetry was written to express his feelings for hi... more »s wife, the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in which he deals in a very 'modern' way with the uncomfortable fact that we can never quite bridge the gap between ourselves and the people we love.« less