Life in a love∙ Robert Browning ∙

&Better together∙ Jack Johnson ∙

Presented by:

Lizbeth Garcia

&

Deicy Orantes

Better Together by Jack JohnsonThere's no combination of wordsI could put on the back of a postcardNo song that I could singBut I can try for your heart, our dreams, and they are made out of real thingslike a shoebox of photographswith sepia-toned lovingLove is the answerat least for most of the questions in my heart, likeWhy are we here? And where do we go?And how come it's so hard?It's not always easy andsometimes life can be deceivingI'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together

Mmmm, It's always better when we're togetherYeah we'll look at the stars and we're togetherWell, it's always better when we're togetherYeah it's always better when we're together And all of these momentsjust might find their way into my dreams tonight,But I know that they’ll be gonewhen the morning light singsand brings new thingsfor tomorrow night you seethat they’ll be gone too, too many things I have to do

But if all of these dreams might find their wayinto my day to day sceneI'd be under the impressioni was somewhere in betweenWith only two,Just me and you,Not so many things we got to door places we got to beWe'll sit beneath the mango tree, now, Yeah It's always better when we're togetherMmmm, we're somewhere in between together Well, it's always better when we're togetherYeah, it's always better when we're together

mmmmmmm

I believe in memoriesthey look so, so pretty when I sleepHey now, and when I wake up,you look so pretty sleeping next to meBut there is not enough time,There is no, no song I could singand there is no combination of words I could saybut I will still tell you one thingWe're Better together

Life in a Love by Robert Browning

Escape me?

Never---

Beloved!

While I am I, and you are you,

So long as the world contains us both,

Me the loving and you the loth

While the one eludes, must the other pursue.

My life is a fault at last, I fear:

It seems too much like a fate, indeed!

Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed.

But what if I fail of my purpose here?

It is but to keep the nerves at strain,

To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,

And, baffled, get up and begin again,---

So the chace takes up one's life ' that's all.

While, look but once from your farthest bound

At me so deep in the dust and dark,

No sooner the old hope goes to ground

Than a new one, straight to the self-same mark,

I shape me---

Ever

Removed!

Robert Browning• Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812 in Camberwell,

London.• Died on December 12, 1889 and was buried in Westminister

Abbey.• His parents were Robert and Sara browning. Robert Browning

father had been an abolotionist and his grandfather was a slave owner.

• Browning had one other sister named Sarianna.• Married Elizabeth Barret secretly in 1846 because her Father did

not want any of his children to marry, which in later the couple moved to Italy.

• Robert had fellen in love with Elizabeth Barret because of the instant connection he had with her poems

• The Browning’s had one child which was a boy.• After the death of Elizabeth, Robert never remarried• There was another time when he tried at a chance of love , it

was when he met another a women he fell in love with but when he asked for her hand in marriage she rejected the proposal.

• Robert Browning had many acomplishments that of which was having attended london university at the age of 16.

• Robert Browning had began writing poetry through the the influence of shelley.

• As with his unsuccesful tries at love, Browning had a habbit of falling for older women.

Time period

−The Victorian Era:

During the Victorian Era there were social, political and religious movements happening. At times it is referred to as the Second English Renaissance, but is also the beginning of Modern Times. It lasted from 1837-1901. It was a good time for the British people. During this era was the time of the romantics. Romanticism is a complex, artistic, literary and intellectual movement. This movement expressed strong emotions on passed experiences

−Comparison of selected text with time period

Robert Browning work can be compared to what was occuring during that era. Romanticism was occuring, and Browning “Life in a love” can be reflected upon that. His use of emotion , and past experiances that occurred to him are examples of how it was based on the time period. “Life in Love”relates to the time period in which Browning expresses through the poem how he feels about love and the downfalls of love. Robert browning was going through many obstacles, with the death of his wife and the struggle to find another love. Yet through these hardships he was still persistant and did not give up, these characteristics pertaining to that of the period.

Synopsis of text

In the poem ”Life in a love ”by Robert Browning, he is saying that although he has failed at love a couple of time he will keep moving forward and not let that bring him down. He also states that if he does not succeed he will simply dry his tears and laugh it off as seen in the lines.

-"To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,And, baffled, get up and begin again,---" These lines expressing his feelings on how he wont let the hardships bring him down and he will keep on trying.

The poem also contains the lines below, - "Escape me?

Never---Beloved!While I am I, and you are you,So long as the world contains us both…” which one can infer as Browning stating that love will not escape from him as long as there is someone meant for him.

Analysis of text

In the poem “life in a love” Browning expressing the idea of one not giving up on love, even if it does not work out the first couple of tries. The speaker of the poem is having trouble finding the love of his life. The poem can be directly linked to what Browning has experianced.Browning has himself faced his own hardships in love, beginging with the death of his wife and leading to rejection. Browning like in his own poem will not give up on love and let it faze him. Browning has other works that relate to that of love, those that we had read in class such as “Porphylias lover” and “My last Duchess”.

SYNOPSIS

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“Better Together” by Jack Johnson

In the song, Johnson is expressing his feelings about what he has and will have with his love. Johnson, states in the song that love has its hardships and is not always the easiest experience which can be see through lines “…. And how come it's so hard?It's not always easy andsometimes life can be deceiving”.

The song also states how love is everything in his life as seen in the lines “Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart…”. Jack Johnson main point in the song is how in the end he and his love will be together with memories of happiness and low points.

Comparison of song lyrics to selected text

Jack Johnson’s “ Better together” and Robert Browning “ Life in A life” can be seen to be very similar. In life in love, the author states how one must not give up even though the have struggled to gain their love, As does the song “better Together. This characteristic can be seen through the lines

“To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,And, baffled, get up and begin again,---” life in a Love

“…Why are we here? And where do we go?And how come it's so hard?It's not always easy andsometimes life can be deceiving…” Better Together

Both of these works clearly sate that there is a love out there for them , and they must work to achieve that loving happiness they desire. Johnson and Browning both also know that nothing is easy, so there will be those hard times that go along with the journey. It is obvious to see both writers can not be with out their love, as one can see through these lines the txt and song contain.

“I was somewhere in betweenWith only two,

Just me and you,…” written & sang by Jack Johnson

“While I am I, and you are you,

So long as the world contains us both,

Me the loving and you the loth…” “life in a Love” by Robert Browning