Both “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning and “Skunk Hour” by Robert Lowell address the topic of maddening loneliness that results from an alienating society. This sense of madness caused by social convention is delivered in a confessional by the speaker, and amplified by the description of the poem’s setting, celebration of the grotesque, and introspective digressions. Lowell and Browning use many of the same literary tools to deliver these experiences, especially in regards to execution of juxtaposition, imagery, and punctuation.
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