English poet, Robert Browning, was born on May 7th, 1812 during the Victorian Era. Browning was known for his passion in dramatic monologues and artistic philosophy. In the poem “Fra Lippo Lippi” browning made the speaker a monk and a painter in 15th century Florence. Also his artistic philosophy made his characters resemble art. My author Roberts Browning studied dramatic monologues. In doing this he was able to explorer minds of specific characters in specific places and the ones who struggle with specific sets of circumstances. He used monologues to allow the readers to enter the minds of various characters and to see an event and to see an event from a characters perspective. Browning would speculate on the character