Ep: 45 - Porphyria's Lover (Robert Browning)

Dominic reads and explores Browning's masterful and disturbing dramatic monologue, Porphyria's Lover. Word of the day: Idoneous, meaning 'appropriate'. ****Music used is Dominic's 'Lazarus' from his 2021 piano album 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved. Copyright. ****#NP #poetry #Browning #upload #Porphyria #EBB #RB #Wilde #Macbeth #Victorianpoetry #London #Newpost #indiepoetrypod #TDT #Coleridge #Shakespeare #spotifypoems ****(00:00) Introduction (00:25) The Macbeth Curse (02:13) Improvements to the podcast (03:41) Word of the day - Idoneous (04:05) Trigger warning! (04:20) We're back to the Victorian poets again(04:44) A brief history of Browning (06:34) Opinions on Browning's poetry by the modernists (07:12) A murderous poem/monologue (07:46) Theories abound! (09:34) More analysis...the symbolic nature of purple(10:14) Theological connections (12:57) Romanticism and the 'sublime'(14:16) Alterations to the title (14:36) Following Wilde, we return to another scene of parricide! (15:05) Further analysis (17:11) Epizeuxis(18:38) Social class...(20:19) Infantile...doll-like (20:46) Posing questions and introducing mysteries(21:06) The man from Porlock returns! (21:58) The Poem in full (26:18) Starting a new thing(26:33) Further recommended reading (27:03) Up next on The Dominic Tapes!