Why is Robert Browning regarded as a renowned poet?

 

               Robert Browning was a great philosopher-poet. The poetry of Browning is note-worthy for its social commentary. Browning had little formal education, but the vocabulary and syntax of his poems are of a high standard. Historical settings, characterization, dark humour and irony are other interesting features of his poetry.

               Browning was born on 7th May 1812. His first published work, ‘Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession’, was a dramatic monologue. ‘Paracelsus’ was another of his widely appreciated work. He followed it up with ‘Sordello’, ‘Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, a poem’.

               His important work, ‘Men and Women’, was published before the death of his wife, legendary poet, Elizabeth Browning in 1861. The collection ‘Dramatis Personae’, and the book-length epic poem ‘The Ring and the Book’, established his reputation as a prominent British poet. Browning passed away in 1889.