My Last Duchess
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- Created on: 11-12-18 11:39
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- My Last Duchess
- Form
- Dramatic monologue written in Iambic Pentameter.
- Reinforces impression that the Duke is in conversation with his visitor.
- Rhyming couplets show the dukes desire for control.
- However the enjambment suggests he gets carried away with his anger and passions.
- Creates a picture of an unstable character.
- His obsession with power is unsettling.
- Dramatic monologue written in Iambic Pentameter.
- Structure
- Framed by the visit to the Duke's gallery.
- However he gets caught up talking about the Duchess instead of describing the art.
- Poem builds toward a kind of confession before the identity of the visitor is revealed.
- Duke then moves on to talk about another artwork.
- Framed by the visit to the Duke's gallery.
- Power and Objectification
- The Duke feels the need to have power and control over the Duchess.
- He saw her as another one of his possessions to be collected and admired just like his artwork.
- Dramatic Irony
- The things the Duke says about the Duchess seem quite innocent but often have more sinister meanings interpreted by the reader.
- Gap between what the Duke tells his listener and what the poet allows us to read between the lines.
- Status
- Status is extremely important for the Duke
- He cares how others see him.
- Form
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