his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of

his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to him. One conflict

seen throughout Browning's poetry is one of spirituality. His poetry forms a spiritual timeline; it reveals his

spiritual influences and opinions. It formed his own Bible of beliefs which he possessed. Because

Browning's views on spirituality changed, his poetry also gives insight on the internal conflicts within his

life. The paper will explore Robert Browning's spiritual journey as is reflective in his poetry.

Robert Browning was born in Camberwell, near London, England on May 7, 1812. He was raised

by his father, also Robert Browning, and by his deeply religious mother, Sarah Anna Weideman-Browning.

His often indulgent parents gave him the freedom to explore new literary and philosophical ideas of the time

period, yet he was also instructed to believe the unexplained mysteries of the Christian faith(Miller, 1953).

It is said that Elizabeth, Browning's wife, believed that "spiritualism offered an alternative to

Browning notices the insincerity of the church goers and clearly satirizes the idea of unearned, expected

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