Life in a Love Summary & Analysis
by Robert Browning

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The Victorian poet Robert Browning's "Life in a Love," first published in 1855, explores the often obsessive, irrational nature of unrequited love. The poem's speaker vows to endlessly pursue his beloved even in the face of seemingly relentless failure. The form of the poem, in which the last three lines mirror the first three, reflects the circular nature of the poet's quest to reunite with his lover—a quest he vows to renew for "as long as the world contains them both." Browning published "Life in a Love" in his collection Men and Women, a volume dedicated to his wife, the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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