Porphyria's Lover
This poem written by Robert Browning is a mysterious piece of art, which resulted in numerous debates about motives and the drive of the speaker. At first, it was entitled simply Porphyria, but after its first print, the author changed the title. It is important to note that the word porphyria has duplicate meaning in the context of the poem. First, it is the name of the girl, the speaker’s partner. And secondly, it is a serious hereditary incurable disease, which causes painful and horrible death. Therefore, despite the fact that many critics and readers consider the speaker a madman, or a sexually perverted man, the author originally depicted him as a noble person, who actually freed the girl of her horrible sufferings. 
First, it is important to analyze the girl. I assume that the girl was ill. She had this porphyria disease, which is both mental and blood illness. Some of the symptoms of the illness are weakness, light sensitivity, and paleness. In the poem, the author mentions all three:
The rain set early in tonight  […] When glided in Porphyria …
which means that the meeting was at night.
	She Too weak […] To set its struggling passion free
which shows the girl is really weak. And later in the poem the girl is referred to as “one so pale.” Thus, we see three indications to disease.
	The speaker, unlike many view him, is a completely normal person, without any mental disorders. He is neither perverted nor crazy. He truly loves the girl. The fact that he kissed her passionately, and that he stays with the late woman the entire night proves that assumption. The author writes, “her cheek once more Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss,” and “all night long we have not stirred.” A madman or a perverted maniac would not hug his victim the whole night, and give her a passionate good-bye kiss. Moreover, the speaker said earlier in the poem that, “She shut the cold out and the storm,” symbolizing her with a resolution to all the speaker’s problems and concerns.
There are indications in the poem that point to the assumption that the girl knew she would have to die soon, and was even waiting for her death. As stated earlier, death from this disease (porphyria) is horribly painful, and naturally the perspective of suffering was not quite attractive for the girl. There are multiple spots in the poem that support these facts. 
“The smiling rosy little head, So glad it has its utmost will, That all it scorned at once is fled” This is an important piece, because first, the girl is smiling. Thus, she was smiling when the speaker was actually killing her. The only reason a person would be glad while he or she is being murdered is that this person wishes to die. Thus, we can see here that she did want to die, which was her “utmost will,” as the author calls it. 
Later in the poem Browning writes, “Her darling one wish would be heard,” which again proves that the girl did want to die. But she wanted to die unexpectedly, without knowing how, or when. The speaker “heard” her “darling one with” and he wanted to help her, because he also understood that “A sudden thought of one so pale For love of her, and all in vain.” So the speaker understands that the love and the relationship were “in vein.” He searched for an appropriate method to free her from her sufferings, “surprise Made my heart swell, and still it grew While l debated what to do.” The speaker was unsure how or when to kill the girl. Moreover, when the girl came at the beginning of the poem, she addresses the speaker, but he was occupied with some other thoughts, probably about the murder, “And called me. When no voice replied…” Interestingly, later, when the speaker is with the girl and her long hair surrounds them, an idea strikes his mind, “I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string l wound Three times her little throat around.” 	
Thus, the picture is the following: two lovers – the speaker and girl named Porphyria – meet at night. The girl is severely ill, and they both know that she would soon die in suffering and pain. She never asked about killing her, however it is obvious that she wanted to die painlessly in peace. The speaker understood her ulterior desire, and finally decided to suffocate her. The girl was content with that unexpected decision. She smiled at her lover, whom she worshiped, and let him know that she was glad of her such calm and sweet death. The speaker, on the other hand, did not want to feel guilty, repeating that, “No pain felt she; l am quite sure she felt no pain”, however he was certain that he did the right thing and that taking away her life was better that leaving it all be. The speaker challenges the moral and ethical aspect of the murder, stating that, “God has not said a word” meaning that this murder does not even classify as sin. 
Ultimately, despite the numerous assertions that the speaker in Robert Browning’s poem Porphyria's Lover is a madman or a perverted maniac, I am certain that this honorable man truly loved her, and set her free from the sufferings. There are numerous spots in the poem that support my position.