RobertBrowning(1812-1889)RobertBrowningBorninCamberwell,asuburbofLondon,in1812.Hisfather,amanofbothfineintellectandcharacter,amassedalibraryofaround6,000books.Hismother,withwhomhewasardentlybonded,wasadevoutNonconformistaswellasextremelymusicallytalented.BrowningwasafastlearnerandbytheageoffourteenwasfluentinFrench,Greek,ItalianandLatin.Hebegantowritepoetrywhilestillquiteyoung,influencedbyP.B.Shelley.Buthisearliestworksearnedhimnothingbutsomenegativeattention.Thusforatimehesetpoetryasidetoworkonplays.Butmostoftheplaysdidnotfindsuccess,however,andBrowningturnedbackagaintoverse.Browning'sfirstimportantpoemwasParacelsus《巴拉塞尔士》(1835),alongdramaticmonologue.Thepoemachievedpopularsuccess,establishingBrowningasafamiliarnamewiththereadingpublic.In1841PippaPasses,alooselystructuredsetofpoems.1842:DramaticLyrics《戏剧抒情诗》;and1845:DramaticRomancesandLyrics《戏剧浪漫诗及抒情诗》.In1845,BrowningmetElizabethBarrett,wholivedasasemi-invalidandvirtualprisonerinherfather'shouse.Graduallyasignificantromancedevelopedbetweenthem,leadingtotheirsecretmarriageandflightin1846.Pippa'sSong：Theyear'satthespring一年之计在于春,Andday'satthemorn;一日之计在于晨.Morning'satseven;一晨之计在七时，Thehillside'sdew-pearled;山坡上装点着珍珠般的露水;Thelark'sonthewing;云雀在风中飞跃;Thesnail'sonthethorn;山垆上蜗牛在爬行;God'sinhisheaven---All'srightwiththeworld.上帝在他的天堂里---整个世界都是那么祥和、太平、美好！本诗描写了一个名叫Pippa的女孩,身为孤儿的她过着惨遭剥削的凄惨生活,可是她明知道世界上充满了不公和邪恶,但是她还是相信God'sinhisheaven，All'srightwiththeworld....TheysettledinFlorence.Heproducedcomparativelylittlepoetryduringthenext15years.1855:MenandWomen;AfterElizabethBrowningdiedin1861,hereturnedtoEngland.1864:DramatisPersonae《剧中人物》,thoughnotwildsuccesses,theycontainmostofthepoemstodayconsideredcentraltohisstyle.TheversenovelTheRingandtheBook《指环与书》(1869),isahistoricaltragedybasedontheproceedingsinamurdertrialinRomein1698.PlotoutlineThebooktellsthestoryofamurdertrialinRomein1698.ItisastoryofCountGuidoFranceschiniandhisyoungwifePompiliaComparini.Thepoemcomprisestwelvebooks,nineofwhicharespokenbyadifferen