"Pippa Passes"

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The paper discusses how Robert Browning considers his poem "Pippa Passes" as both a play and poem. The paper explains that as a play, "Pippa Passes" consists of a series of rather disjointed dramatic scenes held together largely by being part of the same work. The paper shows how as a poem, "Pippa Passes" involves a number of poetic experiments and different poetic forms, using elements that would be characteristic of the dramatic monologue style Browning would further develop in later works.

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"As a drama, "Pippe Passes" has a setting in which the characters interact and to which they react. That setting is a small Italian mill town. The situation is expressed at the beginning of the opening section, entitled "Day!" Specifically, it is New Year's day at Asolo in the Trevisan. The main character is Pippa, the first person introduced in the piece, a girl who works in the silk mills of the town. She is cheerful and philosophical and speaks directly to the reader in the manner that will become traditional in Browning's dramatic monologues."

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