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Browning, Robert 1812-1889.  
British poet best known for dramatic monologues such as "My Last Duchess," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "The Bishop Orders His Tomb." His work, including his masterpiece, The Ring and the Book (1868-1869), explored new ways of using diction and poetic rhythm.
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Browning, Robert

An English poet of the nineteenth century whose many poems include “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” and “My Last Duchess.”

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