Robert Browning英国文学 教程文件.ppt

Robert Browning 1812－1889;I. Intro: The most important Victorian poet after Tennyson;;II. Two characteristics of Browning’s poetry;III. Poems Study;For Study and Discussion;5. At the end of this poem, the Duke asks the envoy to notice another work of art, a bronze sculpture showing “Neptune…/ Taming a sea horse…” (lines 54-55). What does this work of art suggest about the theme of the poem as a whole?