Porphyria's Lover - Robert Browning

"heart fit to break"
1. Hints at his mental instability
"And" (repetition)
1. Chronologically recounting the events leading up to her murder
"Yellow hair...yellow hair" (repetition)
1. Shows his obsession with it
2. Foreshadowing his use with it
"From pride, and vainer ties dissever"
1. Narrator is critical of Porphyria's lack of commitment
"In one long yellow string I wound three times her little throat around"
1. Description is shocking because it is unexpected
2. No change in rhytm
"As a shut bud that holds a bee, I warily opened her lids" (simile)
1. Suggests that he is afraid of something when he opens her eyes
"droops...rosy" (flower imagery)
1. Reflects her beauty
2. Flowers droop, just like this perfect moment won't last
"God has not said a word"
1. Ambiguous
  1. 1) Could be he is surprised he is not yet punished
  2. 2) He believes he's not committed a sin at all

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