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Comment 17 of 17, added on April 4th, 2006 at 12:33 AM.
For more than a century Robert Browning's classical poem Porphyria's Lover has been misinterpreted. It has been totally misread as representing wanton acts of depraved sexuality. Nothing could be further from the truth. Porphyria's Lover is about euthanasia, plain and simple. Again, as with my take on After Apple Picking by Robert Frost, which can be found at http://whendarknessfell.tripod.com/ the literary world has chosen to ignore what I have, via another carefully written essay, correctly argued; go to http://porphyriaslover.tripod.com/ In reference to the perceived feasibility of my argument I am herewith soliciting learned opinion by inviting comments, pro or con. Please contribute and be a part of some revolutionary thinking. Cheers, J.T. Best
J.T. Best from New Zealand
Comment 16 of 17, added on January 21st, 2006 at 12:21 PM.
After reading this poem, I got a sense that Porphyria was a wealthy, stately woman who loved the narrator(a lesser individual, possibly a employee of hers'). He loved her and thought she was just using to satisfy her passions, but he realized she loved him too. Since, she would not give up her life for him yet, wanted to be with him, he put an end to her misery. He thought he did her a favour and he did not feel guilty for it.
Queendaeva from Canada
Comment 15 of 17, added on January 5th, 2006 at 10:40 PM.
the poem shows the intensity of love.it is painful 4 a male to kill his love,as he is helpless.but he kills ,sends her to an exile,only to fall in love more deeply
nalak dasgupta from India
Comment 14 of 17, added on December 8th, 2005 at 9:45 PM.
I believe that the man simpply killed her because at that exact moment she belonged to him and only him. without ther being anyone else to intervine and he just wanted it to stay that way forever
eddie from United States
Comment 13 of 17, added on November 29th, 2005 at 10:42 AM.
I believe that the only reason Porphyria let the narrator kill her is because she has so much trust in him and does not believe that he has any intentions of killing her! And making her shoulder bare would of been a way of secuction because in the time when the poem was wriiten revealling a womans neck was almost like being naked- the neck was a very intimate area! And i think the beginnig is really clever because all of the description words are metaphors for the narrators worry and anger that Porphyria has not arrives because if you notice as sonn as Porphyria arrives she 'shuts the cold out and the storm' which is symbolic for her shuttin out all his worry that she would not arrive because she has done! well, thats what i think anyway! please say whether you think this is true?
doin my coursewrk! puzzled :s lol from United Kingdom
Comment 12 of 17, added on November 2nd, 2005 at 4:40 AM.
I think that this complex poem is the saddest one I have ever read.It was recommended to me as a joke as I have long hair.Ibelieve that she is killed-he does not want to lose her-the most precious thing in his life- so kills her to ensure that she will never be lost to him. A very moving and thought provoking poem! Fantastic!
=) smiles from United Kingdom
Comment 11 of 17, added on September 18th, 2005 at 11:27 AM.
i am currently sat in my room attempting to answer a coursework question on this poem, i find it quite confusing it allows the reader to follow a few different avenues of how the story ends, does she actually die? now i dont think she does
kirsty from United Kingdom
Comment 10 of 17, added on August 17th, 2005 at 9:20 PM.
as if she would just sit there and let some guy kill her shes a bit dumb and as for the guy where there mental asulums back then
jaz and emma from Australia
Comment 9 of 17, added on July 19th, 2005 at 3:26 AM.
I hadn't considered the ideo of erotic asphyxiation, but I do find it interesting that there is no struggle. she just sits there and lets this guy strangle her with her own hair. If she were a masochist, it could explain why she just lets it happen.
Bob from United States
Comment 8 of 17, added on June 6th, 2005 at 11:05 AM.
I'm marveled by the cinematic quality of the poem - does anyone else get the feeling that they are watching a movie in which the camera moves from an outside perspective, to one following porphyria into the cottage and finally to the internal perspective of her lover? It would certainly make a great horror scene!
EJP from Australia
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For more than a century Robert Browning's classical poem Porphyria's Lover has been misinterpreted. It has been totally misread as representing wanton acts of depraved sexuality. Nothing could be further from the truth. Porphyria's Lover is about euthanasia, plain and simple. Again, as with my take on After Apple Picking by Robert Frost, which can be found at http://whendarknessfell.tripod.com/ the literary world has chosen to ignore what I have, via another carefully written essay, correctly argued; go to http://porphyriaslover.tripod.com/ In reference to the perceived feasibility of my argument I am herewith soliciting learned opinion by inviting comments, pro or con. Please contribute and be a part of some revolutionary thinking. Cheers, J.T. Best
J.T. Best from New Zealand