Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister - wikipedia Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister Wikisource has original text related to this article : Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister `` Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister '' is a soliloquy written by Robert Browning, first published in his collection Dramatic Lyrics ( 1842 ). It is written in the voice of an unnamed Spanish monk. The poem consists of nine eight - line stanzas and is written in trochaic tetrameter. The plot of the poem centers around the speaker 's hatred for `` Brother Lawrence '', a fellow monk in the cloister. The speaker notes the trivial ways in which Brother Lawrence fails in his Christianity, and then plots to murder, or damn the soul of, Brother Lawrence. However, the poem ends before the speaker can finish, when he is interrupted by the bells proclaiming it is time for vespers. References Lecture on the subject -- English 262 `` A Survey Of British Literature '', Columbus State Community College `` Global Campus '' Dessommes, Nancy B. ( September 22, 1993 ). `` Browning 's Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister ''. The Explicator. 52. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved 2008 - 11 - 12. Lay summary -- HighBeam Research ( 2008 - 11 - 12 ). Further reference bibliography Gwara S., Nelson J. ( Fall 1997 ). `` Botanical taxonomy and buggery in Browning 's ' Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister ' ''. ANQ : A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews. 10 ( 4 ) : 30 -- 32. doi : 10.1080 / 08957699709600787. ISSN 0895 - 769X. OCLC 120510060. PMID 11619510. Abstract : Heldref Publications. McCusker, Jane A. ( Winter 1983 ). `` A Note on the Last Stanza of ' Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister ' ''. Victorian Poetry. 21 ( 4 ) : 421 -- 424. ISSN 1530 - 7190. JSTOR 40002109. OCLC 43810477. Wear, Richard ( Spring 1974 ). `` Further Thoughts on Browning 's Spanish Cloister ''. Victorian Poetry. 12 ( 1 ) : 67 -- 70. ISSN 1530 - 7190. JSTOR 40001717. OCLC 43810477. Starkman, Miriam K. ( May 1960 ). `` The Manichee in the Cloister : A Reading of Browning 's ' Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister ' ''. Modern Language Notes. 75 ( 5 ) : 399 -- 405. JSTOR 3039855. External links Wikisource has original text related to this article : Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister Robert Browning Plays Paracelsus ( 1835 ) Strafford ( 1837 ) Pippa Passes ( 1841 ) King Victor and King Charles ( 1842 ) The Return of the Druses ( 1843 ) A Blot in the ' Scutcheon ( 1843 ) Colombe 's Birthday ( 1844 ) Luria ( 1846 ) A Soul 's Tragedy ( 1846 ) In a Balcony ( 1855 ) Poetry collections and poems Pauline : A Fragment of a Confession ( 1833 ) `` Porphyria 's Lover '' ( 1836 ) `` Johannes Agricola in Meditation '' ( 1836 ) Sordello ( 1840 ) Dramatic Lyrics ( 1842, `` My Last Duchess '', `` Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister '', `` Count Gismond '' ) Dramatic Romances and Lyrics ( 1845, `` Home - Thoughts, from Abroad '', `` How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix '', `` Meeting at Night '', `` The Laboratory '', `` The Lost Leader '' ) Christmas - Eve and Easter - Day ( 1850 ) Men and Women ( 1855, `` Love Among the Ruins '', `` Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came '', `` Andrea del Sarto '', `` Fra Lippo Lippi '', `` A Toccata of Galuppi 's '' ) Dramatis Personae ( 1864, `` Rabbi ben Ezra '', `` Caliban upon Setebos '' ) The Ring and the Book ( 1868 - 9 ) Balaustion 's Adventure ( 1871 ) Prince Hohenstiel - Schwangau, Saviour of Society ( 1871 ) Fifine at the Fair ( 1872 ) Red Cotton Night - Cap Country ( 1873 ) Aristophanes ' Apology ( 1875 ) The Inn Album ( 1875 ) Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper ( 1876 ) The Agamemnon of Aeschylus ( 1877 ) La Saisiaz and The Two Poets of Croisic ( 1878 ) Dramatic Idyls ( 1879, 1880 ) Jocoseria ( 1883 ) Ferishtah 's Fancies ( 1884 ) Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day ( 1887 ) Asolando ( 1889 ) Related Browning Society Armstrong Browning Library, collections and papers Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( 1853 sculpture ) The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934 film 1957 film Family life Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( wife ) Robert Barrett Browning ( son ) Casa Guidi Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soliloquy_of_the_Spanish_Cloister&oldid=800201862 '' Categories : 1842 poems Humorous poems Poetry by Robert Browning Talk About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 12 September 2017, at 01 : 51. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who is the religious man named in soliloquy of the spanish cloister
Answer: unnamed Spanish monk