1. Robert Browning
... "Caliban upon Setebos" Browning tells of a fresh water fish that longs to swim in the sea and be free. "At the other kind of water, not her life, /(Green-dense and dim-delicious, bred o' the sun) Flounced back from bliss she was not born to breath, /And in her old bounds buried her despair, /Hating and loving warmth alike" This excerpt from "Caliban upon Setebos" tells of the fish that want to be ... that same joy. A theme that Browning also wrote quite a bit about was love. Many poets write about love but none write in such a way s Robert Browning. John T. Nettleship points out that in...
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- Grade Level: High School