Analysis of Two In The Campagna by Robert Browning Essay -- Robert Bro

Analysis of ii In The Campagna by Robert BrowningTwo In The Campagna is essentially a savour poem, written by Browningto bewitch the tragic and naughty aspects of a affinity. The poemcommences with romantic images of the couple sitting in the handle ofRome in spring. The first line, starting with I wonder sets thecontemplative t ace of the piece, and the poet follows one particulartrail of theme for several stanzas. Clearly, the poet is trying tocapture what cannot be easily confined he is attempting to articulatea sentiment of flying love that perhaps can only be felt. Browningdescribes the thought floating away over the picturesque scenery?Help me to take hold it First it leftThe yellowing fennel, run to seedThere, branching from the brickwork?s cracking??The flowing lines and use of enjambment represent his thoughtsspilling over, almost frolicking through the field of Rome. Thisstyle of poetry is used by Browning regularly for drill in ?LoveAmong The Ruins? his thought s flow over from one line to the close ?however the message of this poem is the opposite from ?Two In TheCampagna?, as the former depicts the enduring power of lustfullove, and the latter describes the natural reducing of feelingsafter the passionate climax of sex.The poem becomes increasingly vibrant and passionate as the coupleevidently become sexually aroused together. In my opinion, theimagery of the beetles inside a flower is incredibly vivid and is oneof my personal favourite images in all of Browning?s love poetry??Where one small orange cup amassedFive beetles,--blind and fleeceable they gropeAmong the honey-meal??The images are abundantly fertile, with an intense evocation... ...uchillogically violent ways. However, it does capture the essence ofjealousy, possessiveness and the yearning for eternal unity that manypeople do feel. Browning has evidently taken this to the extreme efficaciously, as it is his style to traumatize the reader.In conclusion, Browning uses many different techniques of conveyingthe complexities of human passion, and does this effectively from manypoints of view on love. However, it does seem that Browning usuallyhas a slightly subdued, possibly even warped view of love and trifle? and this could be because his own love life was publicly perceivedto be ultimately perfect but retrospectively it appears his marriagewith Elizabeth Browning was respectable of doubt and possessiveness, as seenin ?Any Wife To Any preserve? which most critics believe to be based onthe troubled relationship between the Browning?s.