Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

[oh_lorelei]

Sigh. The sappiness of the story of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning is almost too much to take. Two poets, a forbidden marriage, their long-lasting and supportive love for one another... The Victorian age is known for its valuing of sincerity, kindness, love, and beauty, and here I am in the age of irony and sarcasm. And I feel that I can

Comments

[lad_56]

It's rather funny how we all read a poem quite harshly at times without being so open minded about it. But I agree with you about E.B.B's "Sonnets From the Portuguese - V". With our initial reaction being that the poem is quite sappy, we soon find ourselves indulging into the poem with some admiration. We’ve entered this generation where the “old” becomes a victim of mockery and irony. So I understand your point and summarization of both E.B.B. and R.B. ...But indeed, WHAT A PAIR they are!

[roger_kuin]

Good stuff. Two points: a) the Duke's interlocutor is not the father of the prospective new Duchess but an envoy; b) an Oogly! (a character conveys what they felt? Ouch!)

As Voltaire did not say: SQUASH THE OOGLY.