Based on this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, what does the setting contribute to this poem?

The rain set early in to-night,

The sullen wind was soon awake,

It tore the elm-tops down for spite,

And did its worst to vex the lake:

I listened with heart fit to break.

When glided in Porphyria; straight

She shut the cold out and the storm,

And kneeled and made the cheerless grate

Blaze up, and all the cottage warm;

Which done, she rose, and from her form

Withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl,

And laid her soiled gloves by, untied

Her hat and let the damp hair fall,

And, last, she sat down by my side

And called me. When no voice replied,

She nut my arm about her waist,

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Nathaly Hubbard · Answer 1

The setting gives the reader an opportunity to imagine. The setting has a big part on the poem because it seems to wrap it together.