He felt that if he dwelt only on the deep-seated roots of the tree of womanhood, he would miss the endless play, fancy, movement, interaction and variety of its branches, foliage and flowers.
Therefore, in his lyrical work, he leaves out for the most part the simpler elements of womanhood and draws the complex, the particular, the impulsive and the momentary.

Each of his women is distinct from the rest.

That is a great comfort in a world which, through laziness, wishes to busy itself with classes rather than with personalities.

I do not believe that Browning ever met man or woman without saying to himself--Here is a new world; it may be classed, but it also stands alone.

What distinguishes it from the rest--that I will know and that describe.
When women are not enslaved to conventions--and the new movement towards their freedom of development which began shortly after 1840 had enfranchised and has continued ever since to enfranchise a great number from this slavery--they are more individual and various than men are allowed to be.