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Pippa’s Song
The poem
“Pippa’s Song” is selected from a dramatic piece “Pippa Passes” by Robert Browning. Browning was an important poet of the Victorian period. His poems are
related to human emotions, motives, and simplicity.
Pippa’s Song is a short lyric poem. Its story centers on a fourteen-year-old girl,
Pippa, who works in a silk mill. She was an orphan girl. She was abused by her
employer and by society. She had to work
long hours under bad conditions. When she makes her journey on a holiday, she
meets many people and sees many things. She has a positive outlook and
kindness. She sings a song during the journey. Her songs teach the lessons of
goodness and kindness to the people. Browning seems to convey the idea that
despite all the injustice and evil in the world, we should believe that God is
with us, and therefore, all is right with the world.
The songs
tells about the beautiful season of springtime. The time is seven o’clock in
the morning. The hillside is filled with dew and looks like pearls. The
skylarks are flying in the sky and snails are walking on the thorn. God is in heaven and everything is right with the world.
This song
presents the idea that not only birds and insects but human beings also lead
miserable lives. There are sorrows, cruelty, injustice, corruption in the world,
but still, life goes on. God helps people to bear the burden of life. The
spring season, Shining morning, Pearls are signs of happiness and optimism. It
is the theme of the poem conveyed towards the end of the poem.
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