Ulysses
An aging hero refuses stillness, urging his crew toward one last voyage of meaning.
My Last Duchess
A Duke’s refined monologue reveals jealousy, control, and a chilling confession.
Mending Wall
“Mending Wall” stages a spring ritual of repair as an argument about custom. The speaker mocks his neighbor’s proverb even as he performs the labor that…
Robert Browning
Robert Browning was a Victorian poet whose psychological insight and dramatic monologues made him one of the era’s most original voices.