A Tainted Perception of a Beautiful Duchess In Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue‚ “The Last Duchess”‚ the Duke portrays himself as a prideful‚ eloquent‚ man who is impassioned by his art. Throughout the poem‚ the reader soon learns and observes his jealous‚ possessive nature that is concealed within his character. The Duke subtly reveals characteristics of “ruthlessness‚ cynicism‚ contempt for human life” within himself and has an uncontrollable “lust for power”. (Joshua Adler‚ 223) Art possesses
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Classmates‚ My assigned poem for this weeks discussion was "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet. The poem is of closed form comprised of both rhythm and rhyme‚ and gives a vivid image of a woman’s bountiful and enduring love for her husband. Given the time period during which Bradstreet lived‚ and the imaginable struggles her and her family must have gone through‚ a significant other such as this would have been a Godsend. I couldn’t imagine having to go through the struggles that
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said as she looked up from her work. "I am going to finish cooking us a dinner‚ you can get started on these poems." Anne said as she handed me 3 poems. The first one I read was called‚ "The Author to Her Book". The title immediately caught my eye and I spent a minute or so trying to decipher the meaning of it. I settled on two ideas‚ it either meant that the "Author" was God leading her life‚ or it could have been that the "Author" was herself. I assumed that "Her Book" meant her own life
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My Last Duchess The relationship between the Duke and Duchess in the poem My Last Duchess is very possessive. The Duke in the poem‚ frequently objectifies his late wife by referring to her as ‘my last duchess’. The use of the word ‘my’ suggests that it is personal to him and he has possession over her as she belongs to him. It also suggests that the relationship was very singular and for his benefit only as it was his wife and therefore his relationship. This reveals that the couple’s relationship
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To what extent is the narrator of ‘My Last Duchess’ a disturbing character? ‘My Last Duchess’ is a dramatic monologue written by the celebrated poet Robert Browning. Browning has structured the poem in rhyming couplets and with iambic pentameter. This creates a comfortable rhythm when read aloud. The poem is from the point of view of a Duke‚ and set in the 16th Century Italy. At this time men were very much in control of their wives‚ and viewed them as their ‘property’. This is shown frequently
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My last duchess The poem “my last duchess” by Robert browning‚ a 19th century English poet‚ is based on historic events in 15th century Ferrara (contemporary Italy). The speaker‚ is actually Alfonso the 2nd‚ who entertains in his house his future wife’s‚ from Tyrol (current Austria)‚ negotiator (the servant). Alfonso married his late wife‚ Lucrezia from the Medici family‚ when she was only 14 years old. Unlike him‚ whose noble family origins dates back a centuries (“as if she ranked my gift of
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Both poems “Hazel tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Hown Machan and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning uses unique ways to reveal the speakers. The speakers of each poem reveal something about themselves as they try to narrate a story. The speaker of the “Hazel tells LaVerne” story repeats the line “me a princess‚” indicating that her bluster is just a front for her dreams. The word choice and humorous tone of Machan’s story also reveal much about Hazel’s personality and position. The ways she uses
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In the poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress” and “My Last Duchess” there is more of a contrast of the women’s attitude than a comparison. Although‚ there wasn’t much revealed about the women other than the speaker’s brief interpretation along with the literary devices metaphor‚ and hyperbole‚ as well as the divergent tones of insistent‚ despairing‚ dramatic and ironic. When comparing and contrasting the attitude of both speakers‚ is it easy to notice the disparity between the men and their approaches concerning
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Barrett 4th November 3‚ 2013 Compare Contrast Essay In modern times‚ poetry is often considered a complicated and confusing art‚ incapable of being fathomed by an average person. Poetry is written in the vernacular which typically becomes outdated and therefore unfamiliar. With regards to Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”‚ this is not the case. Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor use two different writing styles to compare a similar topic in drastically
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To my dear and loving husband Anne Bradstreet – Context Anne Bradstreet was born in September 16th‚ 1612 in Northampton‚ England. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley‚ a steward of the Earl of Lincoln‚ and Dorothy Yorke. Due to her families position she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time‚ being tutored in history‚ several languages and literature. At the age of sixteen she married Simon. Both Anne’s father and husband were later to serve as governors
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