by hijklmno on October 21st, 2007

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Ted Hughes or Sylvia Plath? Elizabeth Barrett or Robert Browning?

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  • by Byakko on October 23rd, 2007

    Byakko

    Sylvia Plath hands down. She is my favourite poet of all time.

    I prefer Elizabeth Barrett's works but Browning's works are great as well.

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  • by Pumby umby umpkin Est. 1989 on October 23rd, 2007

    Pumby umby umpkin Est. 1989

    Sylvia Plath and Robert Browning. Plath wrote a really good short story that I studied.

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  • by Firebrand on October 22nd, 2007

    Firebrand

    Ted Hughes and Robert Browning although I do like the women too.

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  • by Basil_Fawlty on October 7th, 2009

    Basil_Fawlty

    I haven't read Hughes. Plath's poems are first rate. "Daddy" is a killer.
    I prefer Bob to Liz. How many lines of E.B.Browning's poetry can you quote besides "How do I love thee, let me count the ways?"

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  • by flatlineghost on October 6th, 2009

    flatlineghost

    While Plath was genius in many works, she was brought down countlessly by her dim view of inter-relational situations. She was terribly self-centered, unable to see beyond her own life, and that doomed her to death. the Brownings, on the other-hand, managed a marriage (read the letters reading up to said consummation) that united two of the 19th century's most pioneering poets--one a feminist, and one an experimental artiste, both consistently excellent. Read Aurora Leigh or the Ring and the Book and put that against anything Hughes or Plath wrote and you'll see Brownings were on a different plane in terms of relational creativity.

    Still, I love Plath, but Brownings did more for poetry than Plath did, therefore, I pick Brownings.

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  • by lady fuschia on October 23rd, 2007

    lady fuschia

    Sylvia Plath (actually Sylvia Plath out of all four - Ariel (the collection) is a real masterpiece)

    And Robert Browning:
    "My Last Duchess"
    http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/288.html
    (that's a recent discovery of mine)

    I could never get into Elizabeth Barret Browning's stuff somehow.

  • by ladylazarus on September 9th, 2009

    ladylazarus

    Plath all the way.

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  • by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on October 22nd, 2007

    Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today

    Robert Browning because that's the only name I know of from that whole list and he and his wife did quite well.

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