Andrea del Sarto: A Statement Worthy of Examination The bittersweet poem Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning is the story of a painter who, with un-Godly amounts of talent, never fulfills his potential in becoming a great, prolific painter, in the exalted ranks of Raphael. Browning attributes this to del Sarto’s wife, as is the case with most women, she binds del Sarto with “love,” thus oppressing him from his destiny, which is to become one of the world’s finest artists. Andrea del Sarto, one of, if not, the finest poems ever written by Browning contains a much deeper meaning that holds true for several of the poets, rulers and people that we have studied this past semester. That meaning, symbolized by del Sarto’s life, is summed up best in lines 137-138. Browning writes, “ In this world, who can do a thing, will not;/ And w....

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