Summary of Appendiz D.2-D.5: Review of 'Casa Guidi Windows'

02. From a review of “Casa Guidi Windows,” The Athenaeum 1232 (7 June 1851): 597-98
This article was very hard for me to understand and follow. From my understanding, it is quite obvious that Italy has a role in Casa Guidi Windows. The writing in this poem makes it seem as though it is an Italian writing the poem themselves. This poem is very rugged and in a way a free form of poetry. Some readers have been able to identify her husband, Robert Browning’s tone in the poem. In this poem, Elizabeth Barrett Browning seems to be protesting critics comments toward her poem Casa Guidi Windows because the poem is built on sacrificing the weak.
03. From “Mrs. Browning’s New Poem,” The Leader (14 June 1851): 560-61
Elizabeth Browning has a talent when it comes to writing poetry. She is so talented people look up to her and considers her poems what separates poetry from verse writing. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s writing is considered an “imperfect grasp on life” and an experience when her poetry is read. Browning’s writes about reality in an abstract way, like in the poem Casa Guidi Windows. The subject in this poem is very depressing but shows reality since people go through emotional rollercoasters and face sad moments in their life.
05. From Casa Guidi Windows. A poem Electric Review, 5^th ser 2 (September 1851): 306-17
This article explains what Casa Guidi Windows is a series of events that have been passed down in Italy since the Great European Outbreak in 1848. Browning takes her shame and becomes an advocate for war. This poem is considered to be a glorious form of poetry according to the author. It represents honest truth, intellectual strength and eloquence. The author believes that Elizabeth Barrett Browning captured the words of everyday people of England in a way that most other authors could not.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, Marjorie I. Stone, and Beverly Taylor. Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Selected Poems. Peterborough, Ont. [u.a.: Broadview Editions, 2009. Print.