"My last duchess language analysis" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 3 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Last Duchess

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages

    In Robert Browning’s poem--“My Last Duchess”--the speaker (presumably the Duke) is giving a servant of his prospective wife’s family a tour of his home. He draws a back a curtain to reveal a concealed painting of a woman by Frà Pandolf‚ explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife. The Duke invites his guest to sit and look at the painting‚ and as they look at the portrait of the late Duchess the Duke describes her. Throughout the whole explanation of his late wife’s actions‚ one may get the

    Premium Rhyme scheme Poetry Poetic form

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Last Duchess

    • 1141 Words
    • 5 Pages

    For the duration of ‘My Last Duchess’ the Duke reveals his need to exert dominance over others. In the monologue he leaves no time after his questions for the envoy to answer‚ this quickly creates rhetorical questions which control the envoy’s speech revealing the Duke’s very egotistical persona. For example ‘Who’d stoop to blame this sort of trifling?’ . Furthermore the Duke calls ‘that piece a wonder‚ now’ the caesura before the lexical choice ‘now’ gives the line an ominous and sinister feel and

    Premium Duke My Last Duchess English-language films

    • 1141 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Last Duchess

    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is often anthologized as an illustration of dramatic monologue. It initially appeared in the year 1842 in the Dramatic Lyrics of Browning. The verse is written in the 28 rhymed couplets of the iambic pentameter. This verse is loosely supported on historical incidents relating Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who used to live in 16th century. Theme The central themes are influence‚ power‚ marriage‚ egotism and aristocracy. It is likely to utilize blanket

    Premium My Last Duchess Duke Robert Browning

    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Last Duchess

    • 904 Words
    • 4 Pages

    My Last Duchess” When reading “My Last Duchess” at first it was quite confusing. The narrator doesn’t finish his thoughts at the ending of every line which kept me guessing and trying to piece it all together. After reading it the third time I finally came to understand exactly what he was trying to say. The narrator was a troubled powerful man who was showing off a piece of art to another man‚ but little did he know at first what exactly that painting meant. First‚ I would like to describe a little

    Premium My Last Duchess Robert Browning Dramatic monologue

    • 904 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Last Duchess

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The poem My Last Duchess utilizes strong imagery of the speaker’s last wife in order to warn his new future wife the expectations and need that he needs‚ for his last marriage did not meet his expectations. From the description of his last wife and her flaws‚ the speaker evokes to his future wife what he expects in his new marriage‚ which further reveals the speaker’s attitude. The speaker enjoys and compliments the last duchess’ “depth and passion” of her earnest glance. However‚ it is revealed

    Premium

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    my last duchess

    • 297 Words
    • 2 Pages

    negotiate the Duke’s marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family. As he shows the visitor through his palace‚ he stops before a portrait of the late Duchess‚ apparently a young and lovely girl. The Duke begins reminiscing about the portrait sessions‚ then about the Duchess herself. His musings give way to a diatribe on her disgraceful behavior: he claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his “gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name.” As his monologue

    Premium 16th century Poetry Duke

    • 297 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Last Duchess Analysis

    • 984 Words
    • 4 Pages

    the window and glared in my eyes‚ making objects in the distance only look like silhouettes. I could make out a grey lining that was on the horizon. “My Lady‚ if you keep looking out into the sun you will hurt your eyes.” “No need for concern‚ I was just looking at the clouds in the distance.” “Shall we start the embroidery my Lady?” “Yes‚” I responded while sitting down. I put the fabric down when most of the intricate patterns were finished. “Is everything alright my Lady?” The room darkened when

    Premium Debut albums Duke Earl

    • 984 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    My Last Duchess-Robert Browning The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a poem written about a Duke of the 16th the century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in

    Premium Poetry My Last Duchess Robert Browning

    • 409 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Compare  Last and Lover (An Analysis of Robert Browning’s Poems)     Have you ever read two different things and connected them together in a type of way? If so‚ that is exactly what we were supposed to do when it came to Robert Browning’s works. In “An Analysis of Two Poems”‚ by E.E Cummings he describes how two poems can be completely different‚ yet still connect to each other. This goes along with the way that we are looking at the two Browning poems.  In the poem “My Last Duchess”‚ the speaker

    Premium Poetry My Last Duchess Robert Browning

    • 960 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Tone Of My Last Duchess

    • 869 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Robert Browning sets the tone of "My Last Duchess‚" by using three significant poetic techniques‚ one of which is imagery. Browning uses the Duke’s monologue to sketch out images in the reader’s mind of the Duchess herself‚ and the sinister personality of the Duke. Browning also uses another key device‚ which is diction to illustrate the darkness in this poem. Browning’s careful word choice adds to the description of the Duchess and perhaps her disgraceful behavior‚ as well as the Duke’s terrifying

    Premium My Last Duchess Duke Robert Browning

    • 869 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50