In Robert Browning ’s "My Last Duchess‚" a portrait of the egocentric and power loving Duke of Ferrara is painted for us. Although the duke ’s monologue appears on the surface to be about his late wife‚ a close reading will show that the mention of his last duchess is merely a side note in his self-important speech. Browning uses the dramatic monologue form very skillfully to show us the controlling‚ jealous‚ and arrogant traits the duke possessed without ever mentioning them explicitly. The
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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
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Analysis of Sonnet 43 Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote Sonnet 43 during the prime of the Victorian Period‚ which lasted the duration of Queen Victoria’s throne between 1832 and 1901. Like some of the works during the Victorian period‚ Sonnet 43 was a reflective piece about the love of her life‚ Robert Browning. Elizabeth Browning showed this reflection by answering her own posing question‚ “How do I love thee?” William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30 however‚ was written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth
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comfort long‚ and lose thy love thereby! But love me for love’s sake‚ that evermore Thou mayst love on‚ through love’s eternity. ------------------------------------------------- Analysis In lines I and 2 of "Sonnet 14"‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning says she wants only to be loved for "love’s sake". The next four lines describe all the things she does not want to be loved for. She tells us in lines 7 through 9‚ that she does not want to be loved for these reasons because they are changeable
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Laboratory by Robert Browning‚ taken from the 1842 collection‚ Dramatic Lyrics‚ explores many aspects of conflict that relate to both the Elizabethan and Victorian societies. Written as a dramatic monologue rather than a play‚ Browning uses the poem to expose how jealousy and envy lead to a catastrophic build-up of internal conflict‚ which results in her desire kill her rival by poisoning her in the presence of her lover. However‚ while it is clear that both Shakespeare and Browning are interested
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Likewise‚ many authors and poets create their based on internal ambitions of a person. Often times‚ their messages portray how people can act a certain ways motivated by desires. For example‚ Robert Herrick uses a Carpe diem theme to express his desires in “To the Virgin‚ to Make Much of Time.” Moreover‚ Robert Browning expresses personal desires in “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” using dramatic monologue. As shown in these texts‚ desires negatively affect people according to a priest’s motivation
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Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue Celebratons honoring the bi-centennial of Robert Browning’s birth are taking place on each side of the Atlantic. In late June‚ a conference sponsored by the Browning Society of London focused on a particular aspect of Browning’s work–the dramatic monologue. For those who are unfamiliar with the term‚ the following definition is offered. M. H. Abrams‚ one of the general editors of the Norton Anthology of English Literature and a respected American critic
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was given the word ‘continually’ to represent how she feels that God should always be prominent in her life because‚ as we are led to believe‚ he is the only thing that she fears. Similarly‚ Robert Browning presented Porphyria’s Lover as worried about what God would say or do after he killed Porphyria. Browning uses the quote ‘and yet God has not said a word!’ this could mean that he feels relieved that God hasn’t punished him. The use
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SONNET 13 In the first two lines of "Sonnet 13"‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning asks Robert if he wants her to write how she feels about him. In lines 3 and 4‚ she uses the metaphor of a torch in rough winds‚ which is meant to enlighten what is between them. In line 5‚ she drops it and goes on to say she cannot describe what she feels between them. In lines 6 through 8‚ she says she cannot risk herself by describing to him how she feels‚ and that she will not. In lines 9 through 14‚ she goes on to say
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the Portuguese (1850). This is the manuscript she slipped into her husband’s (Robert Browning) pocket one morning after breakfast‚ and was originally intended as a private gift. When she finished Sonnets from the Portuguese in 1847‚ the book had no title. At that time‚ the couple was staying in Italy. Mostly the main idea in this series of sonnets is the love that grew upon their uniquely productive marriage. It was Robert who suggested the title for the work‚ and it was he who prevailed upon Elizabeth
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