... self righteous characters who place more value on themselves than the external world. Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" is an extremely entertaining poem which humorously captures the muttering's of an envious monk who tends to be prone to sensuality rather than spirituality. While the speaker perceives himself as ... innocent bore. It becomes obvious that when he explicitly describes Brother Lawrence's lust for Dolores and Sanchicha that he must have an ungodly interest in the women in order to recall such specifics. Otherwise how would he observe that their tresses are "B...

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