Robert Browning

Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, which is now a part of London. He had no real formal education so he was largely self educated. His father was a smart man with an extensive library. His mother was kindly, religious minded woman, who loved music and her brilliant son. He lived at his parents house almost until the time of his marriage. He attended a boarding school near Camberwell and spent a little …

…the major poets of the Victorian era. He is most famous for the development of the dramatic monologue, his psychological insight, and his forceful, colloquial poetic style.          Robert Browning's work has been puzzled over for many years. The purpose of many of his poems are still unclear, and will never be known to anyone but himself. He has carried the secret of his poems to his grave, but his writings are still influencing us today.