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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 47

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which of the following poems did Robert Browning intend to write as a play?

  1. “Men and Women”
  2. “Dramatis Personae”
  3. “The Inn Album”
  4. “The Ring and the Book”

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Correct answer: (D) “The Ring and the Book”

Explanation

Browning said that he first thought of telling the Roman murder story of The Ring and the Book as a play before he chose the form of twelve dramatic monologues.