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    Robert Browning was an optimist who saw optimism in any life situation. He advocated for universal human spirituality and belief in God. Browning's optimism is shown through his poems, where he often starts with a character in crisis but ends with resolution and optimism. In the poem "The Last Ride Together", a rejected lover faces his failure to gain his beloved's love but finds optimism in the immortality of the soul and the possibility of fulfillment in the afterlife. Browning preached that there may be gaps between aspirations and achievements in life but that the soul lives on after death.

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    Robert Browning was an optimist who saw optimism in any life situation. He advocated for universal human spirituality and belief in God. Browning's optimism is shown through his poems, where he often starts with a character in crisis but ends with resolution and optimism. In the poem "The Last Ride Together", a rejected lover faces his failure to gain his beloved's love but finds optimism in the immortality of the soul and the possibility of fulfillment in the afterlife. Browning preached that there may be gaps between aspirations and achievements in life but that the soul lives on after death.

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    Robert Brownings Optimistic Attitude / Philosophy towards Life

    and Love
    Robert Browning is an optimist, and as an optimist, he is a moralist
    and a religious teacher holding a very distinct place among the writers of
    the Victorian Age. What we call Brownings philosophy is not actually a
    philosophy of strictly technical sense of the term. Browning seeks optimism
    in any situation of life, preaches universality of soul and advocates God.
    Brownings optimism is clear in the very style of writing a poem that
    he picks up his central character in crisis or in some critical situation,
    then this crisis reaches the climax and ultimately resolved and he ends his
    poem with optimism. Such a poem is The Last Ride Together which stands
    for optimism, treatment of spiritualistic love where materialistic love is not
    seen, or is ignored.
    In this poem the rejected lover considers his failure to gain his
    beloveds love to be written and needs must be; even bless his beloveds
    name in pride and thankfulness and; realizes what need to strive with a
    life awry? However, he claims for a last ride together. Eventually she gives
    her consent; and the lover regards it as a great achievement against the
    past hopes of their getting united.
    Browning looks at the failure in this world in a very unconventional
    way. The speaker in The Last Ride Together holds that some of his desires
    must be left unfulfilled on this earth so that they can be accomplished in the
    next life; it is hope of this future happiness which helps him face death
    readily.
    Earth being so good, would heaven seem best?
    Now, Heaven and she are beyond this ride.
    Thus there must be gap between aspiration and achievement in human
    life.
    Browning preaches immortality of soul. In The Last Ride
    Together the speaker perceives that through their death his and his
    beloveds souls will enter into eternity and their ride will continue
    eternally. They will achieve in the next world what they have failed to
    achieve.
    Therefore, we can conclude that Browning speaks out the strongest
    words of optimistic faith in his Victorian Age of scepticism and pessimism.

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