Reflection: "Meeting at Night" "Parting at Morning" and "The Woodspurge"

Browning's "Meeting at Night" creates an image of scenery and visuals to create a romantic mood for his poem. It is a love poem telling of a journey of one lover traveling on a beautiful night to meet his loved one. The scenery in itself creates a romantic tone. "Parting at Morning" accompanies the previous poem, picking up the story the morning after the romantic evening. Again it uses scenery to create a mood and fitting to the events that take place in the poem. It is bright and cheerful despite it being a "parting." The sun beckons him to return to "a world of men," presumably his work life. It almost seems like this romantic meeting was in secret because of the dark setting of the first and what it says in the second. "The Woodspurge" is a much sadder poem. It focuses on someone walking through the woods aimlessly in grief with his head to the ground. He sees woodspurge plants. I think he is trying to get his mind off the cause of his sadness by focusing on the flowers. Thats something a lot of people try to do when they are sad, look for something to keep your mind off of it.