Robert Browning Research Paper

Robert Browning did not have much of a religious view, or that we know of. His mother was a religious woman. Robert had asked his mother for Mr. Shelley’s atheistical poem Queen Mab when he was fourteen (Religious Views). He had frightened his mother when he had confirmed his mother’s worst fear. He had become just like Percy Bysshe Shelley, an atheist and a vegetarian. His poetry had shown that Robert did not remain an atheist for long (Religious views). When people would ask him questions such as if he would consider himself a Christian he would respond with a loud “NO!” (Religious Views). In his poetry he would approve Christianity and show his love for it. He knew that the bible so well that his first collection of poems Bells and Pomegranates

they had moved away to Italy and started a life there. She had found out that she was pregnant with a boy. She had given Birth to a baby boy on March 9th in 1849 after being in labor for twenty-one hours and did not even cry. She refused to look at the baby until Robert had seen him first and placed him into her arms (A Portrait 147). She had named him after his father Robert Barrett Browning, but his nickname was Pen. Robert had clipped three strands of their son’s hair to send to his mother Sarah Anna Browning. His mother had passed away before she had received the baby hair. His sister Sarianna Browning had notified Robert through the letters that his beloved mother had passed away but she congratulates Him and Elizabeth on their new born (Marriage 140). Robert had come to a realization that his mother is not with him anymore and all the memories they had together had flashed all through his mind at once. He flashed back to his childhood and then to the last time he saw her which was when he moved to Italy (Marriage 140). Robert would always write about his child and thought that he was the most remarkably flourishing thing ever (A Portrait 151). Elizabeth had told pen that people always do better when they rely on themselves. He had always wanted to make his mother happy and he always succeeded (Marriage 184). Pen had become a painter and had helped his father with his work (Robert Browning