My Last Duchess
- Created by: Chloe-Manning
- Created on: 25-05-17 19:06
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- My Last Duchess
- Form
- Dramatic monologue
- Rhyming couplets
- aka. Heroic rhyme
- Show controlling nature
- Structure
- Varied punctuation
- Unrehearsed speech
- Tells the story of his wife
- Varied punctuation
- Context
- Based on real-life figure who was ruthless
- Language
- Little imagery
- Emotionless
- Controlling
- Personal pronouns
- 'I'
- 'my'
- Shows controlling nature
- Euphemism
- Shows he has power
- 'all smiles stopped'
- Little imagery
- Form
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