Question

What is significant about Browning’s Asolando?

• A. It was an unfinished work, posthumously completed and published by his literary executor.
• B. It was published on the day of his death
• C. It was his first collection to explore themes of modernism, marking a significant shift in English poetry.
• D. It contained a series of controversial political poems that led to a public outcry and censorship attempts.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. It was published on the day of his death

• "Asolando" is a significant collection of Robert Browning’s poetry because it was published on the very day he died, in 1889.

• The volume contains many reflective and mature works, marking the end of his literary journey.