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

Analysis of Two In The Campagna by Robert BrowningTwo In The Campagna is essentially a lamb poem, scripted by Browningto capture the tragic and dark aspects of a relationship. The poemcommences with romantic images of the couple sitting in the fields ofRome in spring. The first base line, starting with I wonder sets thecontemplative tone of the piece, and the poet follows one particulartrail of thought for several stanzas. Clearly, the poet is trying tocapture what cannot be easily confined he is attempting to forgea sentiment of fleeting love that perhaps can only be felt. Browningdescribes the thought floating away over the picturesque fit?Help me to hold it First it leftThe yellowing fennel, run to seedThere, branching from the brickwork?s cleft??The flowing lines and use of enjambment represent his thoughtsspilling over, almost frolicking through the fields of Rome. Thisstyle of poetry is used by Browning regularly for example in ?LoveAmong The Ruins? his thoughts flow over from one line to the nigh ?however the message of this poem is the opposite from ?Two In TheCampagna?, as the former depicts the enduring power of passionatelove, and the latter describes the natural diminution of feelings afterwards 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 privileged a flower is incredibly vivid and is oneof my personal favourite images in all of Browning?s love poetry??Where one smooth orange cup amassedFive beetles,--blind and green 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 superstar that manypeople do feel. Browning has evidently taken this to the extremeeffectively, as it is his style to shock the reader.In conclusion, Browning uses many differ ent techniques of transferthe 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 romance? and this could be because his own love life was publicly perceivedto be ultimately perfect but retrospectively it appears his marriagewith Elizabeth Browning was mount of doubt and possessiveness, as seenin ?Any Wife To Any Husband? which most critics believe to be based onthe troubled relationship between the Browning?s.