The Laboratory by Browning - Poetry

The poem 'The Laboratory' by Browning, was very interesting, how the poet narrated the Stanza's, like a person telling a story of how they plan to kill the woman, who snatched the man she loved.

Browning created this woman, showing how evil her mind is and the way she conspires to kill that which is in her way.
It’s as if she's relishing in the fact that this poison is that which is enough to finish off her opponent. As she says 'Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?’ this just tells the readers that the woman has the desire, to choose a poison that is strong enough to finish her in an instant as she also says 'What a drop! She's not little, no minion like me! That's why she ensnared him; this never will free the soul from masculine eyes', she is saying that a droplet won’t be enough to kill such a women of her size, that a much more significant amount would definitely do the deed justice.
The narrator seems to use a lot pauses in between the way she describes her use of rhythmic prose, in describing each verse as if trying to make it known to the reader of her intent, each precautious steps she is taking to make sure that everything goes to plan.
This poem though very gruesome, shows how Browning works, creating a poem that touches on the aspects of morbidity,  as with his poem  ‘The Last Duchess’ It  also touches upon death and the way it comes to pass, through what seems to be a series of events leading to a morbid ending.
In conclusion to all said, I think that the narrator has cleverly used a sort of rhythmic connivance in regards to creating that sort of sinister and dramatised tension and a sort of feeling of making the reader realise that this poem is about revenge, that its about the fact that any minute now that ‘Soft phial, the exquisite blue, sure to taste sweetly’, is the object with which that whole poem is about that ‘Brave tree whence such gold oozing come!’ that should ‘brighten her drink, let her turn it and stir’ then for her to ‘Try it and taste’ that the girl should ‘Let death be felt and proof remain’, this is just the ending that reminds me of that point when Juliet instead of drinking  the elixir to end her life, uses the knife, which is much more brutal, but instead in this poem it’s based on the most civilised of women being the one who kills describing herself as a woman of significance saying ‘where men wait me and dance at the king’s’ not caring for how much the price for her wish to happen comes as she says ‘The delicate droplet, my whole fortune’s fee! If it hurts her’, and to ‘take all my jewels, gorge gold to your fill’. The rich and wealthy using powers to influence what she desires to happen.