This poem is about a the speaker's lover, Porphyria, who is a
young woman who came out of a storm, and into the cottage where the
speaker is. The speaker does not talk, but Porphyria tells him that
she loved him and embraces the speaker. Then, she strangles herself
with her own hair. They speaker sits with her body for the entire
night. The speaker remarks that God has not yet moved to punish
him.
The poem has ABABB rhythm.
The poem by Robert Browning.