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The Laboratory By Robert Browning

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Anonymous  +  326413 Thu, 08 Feb 07 05:56 PM

Can someone please reply to this with a few techniques Browning has included in 'The Laboratory'.. e.g. meatphors, juxter position..

I am studying this poem at higher level....

THANKS Big Smile [:D]
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Anonymous, 2 yr 270 days ago
He includes satire, rhyming couplets, alliteration, charectirisation, personification and metaphors
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Anonymous, 2 yr 257 days ago

Hi im also studying The Laboratory. Here are some of the techniques Browning uses-

word chice- eg. "ensnared", "minion", "brave"

metaphor- "gold oozing", "devils-smithy"

Personification- "brave tree", "bite into its grave"

Alliteration- "brand, burn up, bite", "moisten and mash", "poison to poison thee, prithee"

use of exclamation marks- shows exitement, reinfources delight ,anger and agitation

use of questions- she is curionus, caught up in knowing, delight.

stucture and rhyming scheme

hope it helps and i haven't responded to lateSmile [:)]

Anonymous, 1 yr 269 days ago
he uses dramatic monologue
Anonymous, 1 yr 149 days ago

He also uses quite a bit of rhyme and rythm soz if it is late i was just searching google for the same question CHEERSStick out tongueStick out tongue

Anonymous, 271 days ago
This Poem Is Amazing!!

i am studying this at a higher level and it is good where they have not gave the characters names which leaves it a mystery also the image in my head is that she is lonley and that she has lsot her loved one.

(Y) Yes(rock) Rock(star) Star

Anonymous, 187 days ago
Frankly I find it hard to believe and fairly frightening that you are studying poetry at a "higher level" and can't recognise and analyse the techniques used in this poem yourself. Another point of your post which makes me lack any trust in modern education is the fact that you can neither spell juxtaposition nor metaphor. On a more positive note I think all of the techniques have been touched upon by those who have posted above me.
Anonymous, 173 days ago
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