Select Poems of Robert Browning
With Introduction (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Select Poems of Robert Browning: With Introduction<br><br>The present work is mainly designed to fit the needs of secondary pupils. It contains all the poems covered by the college entrance examinations and, in addition, a number of others illustrating typical phases of the poet's work.<br><br>The editor once deemed it a virtue to send his pupils to the unabridged dictionary and other reference books for the meaning of strange words and allusions. Long experience has shown, however, that a majority of pupils must prepare their lessons without access to such books. Hence, the footnotes have been made sufficiently ample for a clear understanding of the language of the poems. The suggestive questions, most of which have been used in the editor's own classes, will help the pupil to grasp the dramatic side of the monologues and to appreciate the subtle delineation of character so typical of Browning.<br><br>Many authorities have been consulted in the preparation of this edition, but the editor has been especially helped by Mrs. Orr's Life and Letters of Robert Browningt, Dowden's Robert Browning, Sharp's Life of Robert Browning, Chesterton's Robert Browning, Corson's Introduction to Browning, Brooke's Poetry of Robert Browning, and the Camberwell edition of the poems.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.