The Last Ride Together by Robert Browning

The Last Ride Together

☑️ The Last Ride Together is a love poem by >>Robert Browning

☑️ Robert Browning belongs to » Victorian Poets

☑️ The Last Ride Together was published in » 1855

☑️ The Last Ride Together was published in » Men and Women

☑️ Who believes that "God is in his heaven, all is right with the world"?

» Robert Browning

☑️ Browning's view of life is usually » Optimistic

☑️ Who is considered as the poet of Soul » Browning

☑️ Browning's poetic style was charged with » obscurity

☑️The Poem is written in » iambic tetrameter

☑️ The Rhyme Scheme of each stanza » AABBCDDEEEC

☑️ The poem is narrated in the » 1st Person

☑️ Browning was mostly influenced by » 

☑️ The Last Ride Together is a superb specimen of >> Dramatic Monologue

☑️ What is a Dramatic Monologue?

>> A Dramatic Monologue is a poem in which only one person thinks aloud or speaks out his thoughts in a critical situation.

☑️ The lover used to experience heavenly bliss whenever >> he used to ride with his beloved.

☑️ What was the lover's wish after getting rejected by his beloved?

» the lover wished to have a last ride with his beloved

☑️ "So one day more am I deified."

» Here " I " refers to >> the rejected lover.

» "Deified" means raised to the status of God.

☑️ Why does the rejected lover think that he is deified?

» As his beloved granted him the favour of a last ride together.

☑️ The rejected lover is an embodiment of Browning's >> Robust Optimism

☑️ The rejected lover compares himself with » the poet, the sculptor, and the musician. He further compares his fate with that of a statesman and a soldier.

☑️ "Who knows but the world may end tonight?"

Here the speaker is » the lover

☑️ The common features of Browning's poetry » psychological analysis

☑️ Whom did Browning respect very highly and call "a divine woman" » His mother

☑️ The Speaker-lover felt both "joy and fear" because » He felt joy for the touch of his beloved and fear for the short contact with his beloved.

☑️ The primary effect of the dramatic monologue form is » Dramatic Irony

☑️"The petty done.... the undone vast" refers to » the little amount of achievement earned..... the large amount still remained unaccomplished.