The Life And Work Of Robert Browning

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Tennyson, another
very famous poet of the time. Some of his early poetry was influenced by
his unusual education. The poet also had an anxious desire to avoid
exposing himself explicitly to his readers. The first poem he wrote
called Pauline, was written in 1883 at the age of twenty-one, but he did
not sign it because of his fear of exposing himself to the public too much.

Since Browning did not want to expose himself too personally, he
decided to try his hand at writing plays. He was encouraged by the actor
W.C. Macready. Browning began work on his first play, Strafford, a
historical tragedy. Unfortunately, the play only lasted four nights when
it was first put on in London in 1837. For ten more years, the young
writer would continue to struggle to produce a play that would better hold
the attention of the audience, but they all remained failures. Not only
did Browning profit from this otherwise disheartening experience, but
writing the dialogue for the characters ...

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