Aurora Leigh

“I want auroras and sad prose”

Angela & Uncle Jerry connect Taylor's line 'I want auroras' to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's long biographical poem Aurora Leigh. Uncle Jerry notes the connection mid-discussion, saying 'I want auroras and sad prose, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning writes this long poem, Aurora Lee.' The Aurora figure operates both as a reference to EBB's poem and to Aurora as the goddess of morning light.