Robert Browning: 'Porphyria's Lover' Mr Bruff Analysis

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[@quotterateur]

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[@mrbruff]

Thanks :)

[@indiaysabel5417]

"Not the type of poem that'd be made into an Adam Sandler movie" I'm dead😂😂

[@hannahpowell]

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[@evodesignsracing5925]

@@hannahpowell fuck you bloody banjut 47

[@princeraghuwanshi5865]

So is porphyria 💀

[@laurentkruezi1782]

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[@simonmaskell9431]

"The poem is all one long verse, reflecting how the character doesnt stop to think"...HOW DO U COME UP WITH THIS THANK YOU XD

[@sugarplum5750]

Porphyria ia actually a greek word that means puprle and when someone gets strangled they turn purple so it maybe foreshadows what will happen to her...(maybe??😕)

[@mrbruff]

Good idea!

[@ellie698]

Plus after a person dies and their circulation stops the blood pools to the lowest point within the body so it gathers and looks like purple bruising 😵‍💫

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[@mrbruff]

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[@TextThreadTavern]

17:26 You say that the porphyria shutting out the weather could be a metaphor for his thoughts/feelings, could you not then argue that the way he describes the weather from earlier, "aggressive and angry" could actually be describing his own thoughts as "aggressive and angry" again linking to a hidden psychopathic mentality

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[@emilygreen9577]

My school taught me that he wanted to keep her in the moment forever so she never wanted to kill herself.

[@deborahleah3856]

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[@eleanorjane8259]

M Caffrey and me. Interesting to see alternative interpretations

[@ipekdemir6380]

omg same

[@Ilikesaucytoes]

Same my teacher says he kills her to preserve their relationship and I think that he also kills her to prevent her from leaving him as it says she came from some party and this would make him feel isolated that she hasn’t invited him to come with her.

[@olar647]

He wants to preserve her, hence the pale, sickly descriptions of her, just like a doll. Just an interpretation, but something rather fascinating.

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[@mrbruff]

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[@rachelhart9795]

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[@mrbruff]

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[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

this is just my favorite poem and i re read it tonight and the last time i read it was before the internet lol...what occurred to me this time reading it is, what if porphyria came into the cottage on that stormy night and her lover was dead which is why he was so unresponsive and when she realized he was gone, she used her hair to kill herself in his lap so they could be together forever and the poem is written by the person who found their bodies, first from the point of view of the deceased lover and then his own point of view, describing how he found them and what he did and back to the point of view of the lover.. I LOVE THIS POEM SO MUCH

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[@mrbruff]

Great!

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[@mrbruff]

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[@mrbruff]

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[@katinaann9151]

This was a very interesting analysis. Made me fall in love with porphyria's lover.

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[@mrbruff]

Great!

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[@Guggzilla9]

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Guggzilla9 not at all. You?

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Guggzilla9 I saw it and panicked but it ended up going ok once I stopped bashing my head against the table. I compared it with sonnet 29 tho and could only write like 3 paras for it with actual quotes. Wbu? 😂

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[@ipekdemir6380]

my fave poem everyone calls me a psycho for it but i feel like its very powerful

[@Ilikesaucytoes]

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Good!

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Jeez poetry in yr8

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[@jodieheathertaylor6400]

My teacher said porphyria was the name of a poison I am going to mix that in with everything u said

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[@mrbruff]

No problem!

[@studyinghardrn]

Could you also say that the one long verse, rhyme scheme and use of metre is an example of the inner conflict inside the speaker

[@mrbruff]

Can you explain how?

[@studyinghardrn]

@@mrbruff they are all jumbled up, so in some sort of way it shows that the speaker is psychotic and has a lot going on inside his head

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[@kentenglishathome6255]

Hi Mr. Bruff, I just wondered if you had a view on why the man didn't put his arm around Porphyria ; why did she have to put his arm around her? Was it his reluctance to admit his dependence on her? I'm recommending you to all my students btw.

[@mrbruff]

Could be! And thank you

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In your ebook, does it cover ALL love and relationship poem analysis?

[@mrbruff]

+Taaha Khalifa no. 5 of them

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[@mrbruff]

Great!

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Thank you soo much for these amazing vids but how should I revise for poetry as its getting closer to the exams :)

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Revise quotes and word-level analysis for words that stand out. Link to context and also structure. Basically, if you've ever heard of LIPS analysis, do that. Hope this helps.

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[@mrbruff]

good!

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[@mrsbanana6799]

You can argue women were not to be in control of relationships. Also in the begging the weather is described as something spiteful this could show that she wasn't supposed to be their anyway. If you think about the bit where the elm tree tops blow in the wind it gives the connotation of hell because their elm tree-tops in front of hell (in mythology) and they could get burnt, so the point is Browning (poet) is trying to say that the house can be what burns her down/this could be the end where she dies Towards the end of the poem the man treats porphyria like and object referring to her as "it".#BTW this isn't from a professional, but what I thought and have told my teacher in which she conformed it could be true.I am still in secondary school as well.

[@Prathamme]

How many marks are available for historical context? is it worth writing about it?

[@mrbruff]

6. Yes!

[@svtcafe6526]

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[@sherlyns8203]

Slight mistake in the title - should be Porphyria rather than Porphryia. Had me confused for a little while :)

[@UnderscoreZeroLP]

That got you confused? Seriously?

[@therealbrofist7943]

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[@yeetusmcfeetus6169]

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[@Boncomics]

11:46 That grumpy villain in OLIVER TWIST, who killed his own girlfriend.

[@syedmatin1041]

can you make The Farmer's Bride analysis

[@lilyyoung4360]

Which poem(s) would you compare this with?

[@mrbruff]

+Lily Y you'll see one suggestion in an hour

[@mousumimondal2641]

Very helpful to understand.Thank u🌸🌷👏🍭🍬☺

[@sprinkleofhappiness1828]

can you please do character analysis of Jekyll and Hyde and can you explain each chapter?

[@mrbruff]

Covered in the ebook at mrbruff.com

[@sprinkleofhappiness1828]

+mrbruff what about blood brothers?

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+mrbruff how much is delivery?

[@ilost2037]

its an ebook, so free I guess?

[@khaledfayyad4695]

Mr Bruff can u pls do Farmers Bride ???

[@styles1625]

what does the extreme repetition of the word ' And' show/ reflect ???

[@meganpocock664]

Mrs Styles in the textbook it says ‘emphasises the calm way he’s chronologically recounting the events leading up to her murder’

[@styles1625]

Megan Pocock thank you sm xx

[@meganpocock664]

Mrs Styles you’re very welcome x

[@deepanshuanil4967]

That was helpful

[@katieorbell3656]

he sounds like moriaty from sherlock holmes ngl

[@squashyrabbits2287]

idk if he said this but porphyria is a disease that was prevalent in the 1800's and it caused psychosis so this could be useful I guess

[@katiesmith7900]

This poem is different to how it is in my anthology

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[@declanosullivan8109]

Anyone know what poem you can compare with this one for the compare question?

[@largeman7243]

Dunno if this is still helpful for you but maybe S29?

[@tashaminoff2338]

please can u do this on peter grimes by george crabbe

[@kulsumauddin8742]

You are a saint