[1] It is considered an exemplary work of Romantic literature for its evocation of a sense of longing and sentimental references to natural beauty.

[2] The poem's opening lines are renowned for their evocation of patriotic nostalgia:[3] Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s thereBrowning makes sentimental references to the flora of an English springtime, including brushwood, elm trees and pear tree blossom and to the sound of birdsong from chaffinches, whitethroats, swallows and thrushes.

The speaker in the poem concludes by stating that the blooming English buttercups will be brighter than the "gaudy melon-flower" seen growing in Italy.

[4] Browning's poem inspired singer-songwriter Clifford T Ward in his sentimental 1973 song "Home Thoughts from Abroad", which also makes reference to other romantic poets John Keats and William Wordsworth.

[5] In 1995, Browning's "Home Thoughts from Abroad" was voted 46th in a BBC poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite poems.