How the story is told in Porphyria's Lover!

The story in Robert Browning's 1836 poem is told in the first person by the eponymous Porphyria's lover. The language used in about the first five lines to describe the weather is of the negative kind, for example, the wind is described as being "sullen" and being full of "spite". These negative words are then contrasted with the positive adjectives used to describe Porphyria, the woman who "shut the cold out and the storm"; "smooth", "pure" and "good". It's almost like, upon entering, Porphyria has made her lover forget about the bad weather outside, as it is not mentioned again in the poem. From line fourteen to line twenty, the word "and" is used at the start of all but one line to show us readers that everything is happening very quickly. This is during the part of the poem where Porphyria sits next to our protagonist and makes him put his head on her shoulders so the lover is probably feeling happy. You know the old saying, though, "time flies when you're having fun" this would explain the rushed, feel of these few lines! The poem then continues with this lovey fare until line forty where he strangles her. Line forty one contains the line "and strangled her.". By adding that full-stop, Robert Browning wants us to stop for a second and think about the last few words. It is a pause in the piece, designed to let the previous few words sink in, unlike a comma, which just breaks up the rhythm. The last time he did this was line thirty five "While I debated what to do.". Now, of course, we know why the poet make us reflect on that line, what with the murder to come and all, but at the time the author wanted to just make us think what that line could mean and remember it. The second half of line forty one and line forty two in all it's glory contain evidence of guilt: "No pain felt she, I am quite sure she felt no pain". The repetition here invites us to believe that the protagonist is reassuring himself that he didn't hurt his Porphyria. The guilty theme is also running through the last line in the poem, line sixty "And yet god has not said a word". God would be a voice in his head telling him he has done the right thing, yet god remains silent. He did wrong.