“PippaPasses“，“TheRingandtheBook“，“TheInnAlbum“，theseareBrowning’sthreegreatdramaticpoems，asdistinctfromhispoeticplays。
Allaredramasintheexactsense，thoughthethreeIhavenamedaredramasformentalandnotforpositivepresentation。
Eachreadermustembodyforhimselftheimagesprojectedonhisbrainbytheelectricqualityofthepoet’sgenius：withinthekenofhisimaginationhemayperceivescenesnotlessmoving，incidentsnotlessthrilling，complexitiesofmotiveandactionnotlessintricatelyinvolved，thanupontheconventionalstage。
Thefirstisadramaofanidea，thesecondoftheimmediateandremoteconsequencesofasingleact，thethirdofthetyrannyofthepassions。
IunderstandthegeneralopinionamongloversandearneststudentsofBrowning’spoetrytobethatthehighestpeaksofhisgeniustowerfromthevasttablelandof“TheRingandtheBook“；