Finding the details as to what events may have lead to the writing of "Porphyria's Lover". Robert Browning wrote a host of dramatic monologue that made him very famous. In the 19th Century women were not considered equal to men, the traditions of victorian women saw them only as housewives and cooks.The poem is spoken by a poetic speaker which helps offer deeper meaning of the poem. Robert Browning offers a poem that shows how woman in the victorian era could be taken advantage of.