Gotiske konventioner og spænding i 'Porphyria's Lover'

How does Browning create tension through Gothic conventions in Porphyria's Lover? In Robert Browning’s poem, Porphyria's Lover, from 1836, we follow a delusional speaker, who believes the only way he can be with his true love is by ending her life, so that she can be his for forever. Browning creates tension through the calmness and softness of their love, with the speaker resenting the power he feels she has over him, building up to the unexpected of him murdering her. The monologue highlights the gothic conventions by ruminating the patriarchal male and his need for dominance and control over