robert browning shows love and hate through Porphyria’s lover. In each of the characters the  narrator, Porphyria’s lover show little emotion in the monology  but through the weather in witch he discribes him self, “it tore the elm-tops down for spite, and did it’s worst to vex the lake,” it is describing the weathe as bad tempered and angry, this set a gloomy mood over the poem.this is called pathetic fallilacy and was used by many author’s at the time. this show he is angry he may be also using a double meaning porphyria may even be the wind which he say’s annoy the environment this could explain why he eventhough porphyria’s lover kills her he also shows love. he discribes her love for him as a passion that she cannot control. this show that he understnads here love, but he never embraces it. browning uses figrative language, i belive that her hugging him out of passion is related how he talks about her like he owns her “that moment she was mini, mine.