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Evelyn Hope is a poem written by Robert Browning in his work "Men and Women", 1855. George Saintsbury writes in his " History of Nineteenth Century Literature ", "It is as a lyric poet that Browning ranks highest; and in this highest class it is impossible to refuse him all but the highest rank, in some few cases the very highest.
Browning's use of descriptive language creates a vivid scene of Evelyn Hope's room, emphasizing her youth and innocence. The poem's simple structure and conversational tone convey a sense of intimacy and longing.
Summary. The speaker of the poem is an older man sitting with the corpse of Evelyn Hope, a 16-year-old girl who has recently died. He is "thrice her age" (line 21). Even though she "had scarcely heard [his] name" (line 9), he longed for her.
- Robert Browning
Evelyn Hope. I. Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! Sit and watch by her side an hour. That is her book-shelf, this her bed; She plucked that piece of geranium-flower, Beginning to die too, in the glass; Little has yet been changed, I think: The shutters are shut, no light may pass.
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May 2, 2015 · Evelyn Hope. by Robert Browning. I. Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! Sit and watch by her side an hour. That is her book-shelf, this her bed; She plucked that piece of geranium-flower, Beginning to die too, in the glass; Little has yet been changed, I think: The shutters are shut, no light may pass. Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. II.
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Evelyn Hope. I. Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! Sit and watch by her side an hour. That is her book-shelf, this her bed; She plucked that piece of geranium-flower, Beginning to die too, in the glass; Little has yet been changed, I think: The shutters are shut, no light may pass.
