Text Study:Background Information Robert was educated almost entirely at home,his mother teaching him music and his father giving him an introduction to Greek and Roman classics, the Italian Renaissance poets and 18th century English literature.Under this literary education, Browning set his heart early on being a poet.He began to write poetry at 12. Text Study: Background Information Robert was educated almost entirely at home, his mother teaching him music and his father giving him an introduction to Greek and Roman classics, the Italian Renaissance poets and 18th century English literature. Under this literary education, Browning set his heart early on being a poet. He began to write poetry at 12