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April 30, 2025 • 27 mins

Dominic reads and explores Browning's masterful and disturbing dramatic monologue, Porphyria's Lover.


Word of the day: Idoneous, meaning 'appropriate'.



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Music used is Dominic's 'Lazarus' from his 2021 piano album 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved. Copyright.



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(00:00) Introduction

(00:25) The Macbeth Curse

(02:13) Improvements to the podcast

(03:41) Word of the day - Idoneous

(04:05) Trigger warning!

(04:20) We're back to the Victorian poets again

(04:44) A brief history of Browning

(06:34) Opinions on Browning's poetry by the modernists

(07:12) A murderous poem/monologue

(07:46) Theories abound!

(09:34) More analysis...the symbolic nature of purple

(10:14) Theological connections

(12:57) Romanticism and the 'sublime'

(14:16) Alterations to the title

(14:36) Following Wilde, we return to another scene of parricide!

(15:05) Further analysis

(17:11) Epizeuxis

(18:38) Social class...

(20:19) Infantile...doll-like

(20:46) Posing questions and introducing mysteries

(21:06) The man from Porlock returns!

(21:58) The Poem in full

(26:18) Starting a new thing

(26:33) Further recommended reading

(27:03) Up next on The Dominic Tapes!















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