Analyzing of "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, and opinions.

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The poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, is a dramatic monologue that consists of only one stanza and has a rhyme scheme of ABABB. The diction throughout the whole poem is formal English. The poem starts off describing the seeting in which the story inside the poem takes place. The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its worst to vex the …

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…In a way, you can take this as being "romantic" completely, in a way. I get the impression he did take her life so that they could be together forever as they had wanted. It only leaves me wondering why he didn't take his own life himself. Because, if he did kill her for this matter, it would seem that he would do the same. But, this poem leaves a lot to the readers imagination.