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Setebos, Setebos, and Setebos! 'Thinketh, He dwelleth i' the cold o' the moon.. One of the first poems to respond to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, this 1863 poem is - you've guessed it - another dramatic monologue, spoken by the native, Caliban, from the magical island in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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The poem's opening lines are renowned for their evocation of patriotic nostalgia: Oh, to be in England Now that April's there Browning makes sentimental references to the flora of an English springtime , including brushwood , elm trees and pear tree blossom and to the sound of birdsong from chaffinches , whitethroats , swallows and thrushes .
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Among Browning's better-known works is Home-Thoughts, from Abroad. The poem opens with a reminiscence of England in the spring: "Oh, to be in England / Now that April's there" (lines 1-2). This tone of wistfulness develops into praise for the author's home, as can be when Browning assures that, "though the fields look rough with.
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) 'Oh, to be in England': the opening line of Robert Browning's poem praising England while abroad has become more famous than the poem's actual title, 'Home-Thoughts, from Abroad'. Before we proceed to an analysis of the poem's language and meaning, here's a reminder of it. Home-Thoughts, from Abroad Oh,…
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Oh, to be in England. This famous first line of the poem expresses the speaker's feelings of homesickness, reminiscing upon all that is great about their home country, England, whilst abroad. The poem is autobiographical - inspired by Browning himself missing England during a trip to Italy in 1845, where he would later move to permanently.
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The Full Text of "Home-Thoughts, from Abroad". 1 Oh, to be in England. 2 Now that April's there, 3 And whoever wakes in England. 4 Sees, some morning, unaware, 5 That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. 6 Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, 7 While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough. 8 In England—now!
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And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough. In England—now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows! Hark, where my blossom'd pear-tree in the hedge.
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Home-Thoughts, from Abroad. By Robert Browning. Oh, to be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough.
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Home Thoughts, from Abroad Lyrics. Oh, to be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round.
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Home-Thoughts, From Abroad by Robert Browning. Oh, to be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood.
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And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the loweet boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough. In England-now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge.
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O, TO be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough. In England—now!
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Robert Browning 1812 (Camberwell) - 1889 (Venice) Nature. Oh, to be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough.
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Robert Browning: Poems Home Thoughts, From Abroad. Oh, to be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough. In England--now! And after April, when May follows,
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Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning,. This poem is in the public domain. Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) was an English poet and playwright. Born to supportive, educated parents with a keen appreciation for the arts, he was a bright and eager student who loved and wrote poetry before.
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Back to Poems Page. Home Thoughts, From Abroad by Robert Browning. Oh, to be in England. Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough.