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22 Dec 2017
The poem 'Childe Roland' is autobiographical for Robert Browning, with the Dark Tower symbolizing the act of writing.

Margaret Atwood believes that the poem Childe Roland is actually Robert Browning himself, and that The Dark Tower is the act of writing the poem. The movie by Stephen King. No, no. The book by Stephen King? The Dark Tower? Yeah. No, no, no. But Dark, I mean, that is probably what Stephen King was cited. Robert Browning was a huge Stephen King fan. No, it was obviously what he was citing. I'm derailing you as soon as possible. Getting furious. Let's do it. Robert Browning was citing King Lear, which is actually citing in itself an old-time fairy tale called Childe Roland. And it's theorized that it is actually the protagonist from the Song of Roland, who is in the poem. But anyway, Margaret Atwood's theory is that it... There's a lot of fear within the poem, and the Dark Tower is the act of writing the poem, is what he is working his way towards, and he's afraid of finishing it.