My Last Duchess
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- Created on: 28-04-18 14:24
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- My Last Duchess
- By Robert Browning
- Was the son of a wealthy bank clerk.
- Known for his use of the dramatic monologue.
- He didn't fit in much in London society, he left the country and went to Italy to marry fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett because of her over protective father.
- Browning's love of history and European culture influenced his decision to write a story based on the life of an Italian Duke from the sixteenth century.
- Form
- The poem is one long speech pretending to be a conversation.
- To mimic unrehersed speech there are lots of twists and turns in the lines.
- Structurally there are no breaks and the Duck speaks for 56 lines uninterrupted to reflect a man who loves the sound of his own voice.
- By Robert Browning
- Form
- The poem is one long speech pretending to be a conversation.
- To mimic unrehersed speech there are lots of twists and turns in the lines.
- Structurally there are no breaks and the Duck speaks for 56 lines uninterrupted to reflect a man who loves the sound of his own voice.
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