... someone. To him, his lover's dead body still looks very much alive. As he goes in for a kiss he says: "About her neck; her cheek once more/ Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss" (47-48). When he looks at her, he still perceives her to have rosy cheeks, which is the complete opposite of what a real dead body looks like ... . Despite everything, he still shows his love and devotion by offering her a "burning kiss" symbolizing some false sense of eternal love. Robert Browning is well known for mastering dramatic monologue and getting his readers to really engage in his work. Browning was ...

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... signs of life, especially in the eyes. Another example where the speaker is not trustworthy is where he states: "her cheek once more/ Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss:" There is no possible way that a corpse can have blushed bright cheeks. Porphyria's body was definitely pale. Porphyria's lover is so much in love that he cannot think straight. His words let us know ... ...

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