This poem's speaker mentally inserts the words "the mouthful of bread" when his "good fat father" asks "will you renounce?"Earlier, its speaker states "take away love, and our earth is a tomb!"
This poem's speaker mentally inserts the words "the mouthful of bread" when his "good fat father" asks "will you renounce?"Earlier, its speaker states "take away love, and our earth is a tomb!" in between quotations of a folk song that goes"flower o' the broom... flower o' the quince." This poem compares a woman to "the prior's niece who comes / To care abouthis asthma," and discusses how that woman complicates the title character's dictate to "make them forget there's such a thingas fresh." The speaker of this poem descended a ladder to escape from his room, and, in a departure from historical accuracy,taught "Hulking Tom." Its speaker chases "three slim shapes," and lists "a skull and bones, two bits of stick nailed crosswise,"and "a bell to chime the hour with" as alternatives a.er asking "what need of art at all?" This poem's drunk title characterrepeats the swear word "zooks!" as he is interrogated by guards employed by "Master Cosimo." This poem is about the titlemonk's struggle to "paint the souls of men." For 10 points, name this poem about a Renaissance artist, a dramatic monologueby Robert Browning.
This poem's speaker mentally inserts the words "the mouthful of bread" when his "good fat father" asks "will you renounce?"Earlier, its speaker states "take away love, and our earth is a tomb!"
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