My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
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- My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
- Context
- born in 1812
- his poems focused on power and wealth
- particular poem is about pride and the power of humans
- the duke in the poem is believed to be Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara
- he was a master of writing dramatic mologues
- he came from a well off family
- he had written a book of poems at the age of 12
- Conflicts
- power of pride
- power of wealth
- power of possession
- power of identity and humans
- control and power of gender
- importance: inferior// superior
- Language
- rhetorical questions
- "that's my last duchess"
- "spot of joy"
- "too soon made glad, too easily impressed"
- "who'd stoop to blame" : "never to stoop"
- "notice Neptune though"
- "then all smiles stopped together"
- authoritative language
- Form and Structure
- enjambment and caesure
- dramatic monologue to show who is in control (the duke)
- regular rhyming structure
- AABB
- repetition of verbs and pronouns
- stuttering effect (-)
- a lot of babble about himself
- negative ideas about his duchess because of the repetition
- Emotions
- control
- pride
- negative- possession of humans which shows what happened in the past
- wealth
- importance of masculinity
- power and identity
- Past and Present
- it was okay to keep women as property
- it was good to get wifes killed and then get a new one
- now it is shocking
- women were treated as inferior
- now it is frowned upon and women are treated more equally
- Context
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