home thoughts from abroad / Flashcards
who wrote ‘home thoughts from abroad’ and what date was is written in?
Robert Browning in 1845
can you give some context about the poet and poem?
the poem evokes a sentimental longing for the past, typically for a place with happy associations. home is a sentimental place which is linked to fond memories. He longs to be in England. Browning was a Victorian poet and playwright who was happily married for 15 years, however his wife fell ill and they moved to Italy longing for an improvement in her health she died in 1861 leaving Browning to bring up their 12 year old son.
can you give some quotes?
oh, to be in England// now that April’s there// and whoever wakes in England// sees, some morning, unaware// that the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf// in England-now!//
what is the structure of the poem?
a short lyrical verse set out in 2 stanzas
