A Grammarian's Funeral Shortly After The Revival Of Learnin Comments

The master of the dramatic monologue and this is one of his best. The men are carrying the casket to his grave and one of them speaks the monologue about a true scholar, devoted to learning all his life. 'here's his place, where meteors shoot'. I think the role of the dedicated scholar has been downgraded in the modern world, for many reasons. M. Walker.

Mark, don't you think Browning's use of lofty is tongue and cheek, in a form-over-substance kind of way? This piece has always struck me as a fond farewell to the over-zealous grammarian, gentle in its teasing- but teasing nonetheless.

One of the greatest of the poems that I have enjoyed while at college. Still remains green in mind.