“Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning is about how a couple wants to be together even in death. So he used his hand to strangle herself so they could be together. It has a rhyme scheme that is not defined but exists. It uses personification with “the sullen wind was soon awake.” It also is an extended metaphor for love and death. I thought it was a weird poem at first like he just decided to choke her. Then I learned the meaning and I like it.
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