My Last Duchess Poem Analysis
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The purpose of this essay is to analyze and compare and contrast the two paired poems “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning and “My Ex-Husband” by Gabriel Spera to find the similarities presented within the pairs. Despite the monumental time difference between “My Last Duchess” and “My Ex-Husband”, throughout both poems you will see that somebody is wronged by someone they thought was a respectable person and this all comes about by viewing a painting on the wall or picture on a shelf. The themes within the poems are very parallel. You see the theme of Self-importance or pride and Jealousy contained in both poems. “The Last Duchess” the pride and jealousy stems from the Duke himself due to the Duchesses supposed lack of attention to him. “E’en …show more content…
For Robert Browning’s poem it was a picture of the Last Duchess on the Wall. “That’s my last duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive; I call That piece a wonder, now: Fra Pandol”(Line 1-3) On the other hand, Gabriel Spera’s poem starts with a poem of the “ex-husband” on the shelf. “That’s my ex-husband pictured on the shelf, smiling as if in love.”(Lines 1-2) These two poems are essentially a story, a story that begins with an image and delves into memory of both speakers. You could compare it to an inner monologue or a memoir. In analyzing both of the poems one will conclude that the pictures are symbols of memory and the past. This being one of the very first connections of similarity between My Last Duchess and My Ex-Husband. My Last Duchess takes place in Italy, late Renaissance Italy which is over 300 hundred years before My Ex-Husband. You also see a reference to Italy within the poem My Ex-Husband. “You yet these lovely champagne flutes, hand blown, Imported from Murano, Italy” (Lines 52-53) Italy is yet another connection between these two paired poems. May it be the glorious and beautiful history or may it just be symbol of wealth between My Last Duchess and My Ex-Husband. The symbol of wealth is almost ironic because in the end who is really wealthy? They both have faced a sense of …show more content…
On the other hand, the speaker in Spera’s poem is female. This is a slight variation between the two. The speaker of both the poems is pointing out how the wronged spouse was treated and you see that both marriages come to an end through the imagery provided within both poems, as well as the tone. In the poem “My Last Duchess” quotes such as “Herself be lessened so, nor plainly” (Line 40) and “I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together” (Lines 45-46) The Duke had the Duchess killed, which is the display of how he had wronged his wife because in his eyes the wife didn’t give her all of her attention and gave too much to other men. This implies jealously. Spera’s poems idea of being wronged in betrayed seems to lay within the sign of adultery which in the end ended in divorce. “How slobbishly he carried on affairs” (Line 30) The ex-husband committed adultery, this creating jealousy from women and causing the end of their marriage. You see the end of the betrayal with the following lines “So, I made some calls, filed some claims, All the kisses Stopped together.” (Lines
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes and compares the two paired poems "my last duchess" by robert browning and “my ex-husband” by gabriel spera to find similarities presented within the pairs.
- Compares the themes of self-importance and jealousy in "the last duchess" and "my ex-husband."
- Analyzes how the surface tone of both the paired poems conveys a sense of irony but, once the reader look beyond, you see one of anger. the duke is angry towards his now deceased wife for entertaining other men with her sweet smile.
- Analyzes and compares the two paired poems "my last duchess" by robert browning and “my ex-husband” by gabriel spera to find similarities presented within the pairs.
- Compares the themes of self-importance and jealousy in "the last duchess" and "my ex-husband."
- Analyzes how the surface tone of both the paired poems conveys a sense of irony but, once the reader look beyond, you see one of anger. the duke is angry towards his now deceased wife for entertaining other men with her sweet smile.
- Analyzes the similarities between robert browning's and gabriel spera’s poems. both begin with an image and delves into memory of both speakers.
- Analyzes how my last duchess takes place in late renaissance italy which is over 300 hundred years before my ex-husband. the symbol of wealth is ironic because in the end who is really wealthy?
- Analyzes how browning's poem implies wealth in several different lines. the duke is focused on what he owns to create his value despite his lack of inward wealth.
- Analyzes how browning's poem, "my last duchess," shows how the wronged spouse was treated and the end of their marriage.
- Analyzes how browning's and spera’s are beautiful poems with a wonderfully well thought out tone and setting.
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- Comparing Poems Porphyria's Lover And My Last Duchessanalytical essayOn the other hand, on “My Last Duchess”, the speaker is a Duke who is going to be remarried. As the speaker shows his new wife’s father a painting of his previous wife he describes how she was like. Unlike the previous poem, this one clearly depicts the speaker as a monster. He had his wife murdered for what comes across as fairly innocent crimes. In the following lines he states;
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how robert browning's dramatic monologues, "porphyria’s lover" and "my last duchess", portray women that are killed by their significant others.
- Analyzes how the speaker in "porphyria's lover" is living in a cottage when his lover, who seems to be from higher social class, comes in to see him.
- Analyzes how browning shows the speaker's beastly murder as an act of rationality and love.
- Analyzes how robert browning's dramatic monologues, "porphyria’s lover" and "my last duchess", portray women that are killed by their significant others.
- Analyzes how the speaker in "porphyria's lover" is living in a cottage when his lover, who seems to be from higher social class, comes in to see him.
- Analyzes how browning shows the speaker's beastly murder as an act of rationality and love.
- Compares "my last duchess" to the previous poem, which depicts the speaker as a monster who had his wife murdered for what comes across as fairly innocent crimes.
- Analyzes how the duke has an excessive demand for control, which comes across as his most defining characteristic. the murder of his wife is barely presented as sexual even though he admits that other men could draw her "blush."
- Analyzes how browning tries to state that we are drawn to both love and hate, and are extremely capable of rationalizing either choice.
636 wordsRead More - Containment: Sexualityanalytical essayThe Duke’s resentment towards his late wife in committing grave crimes (to him) justifies her post-mortem punishment and even humiliation. As he could not force her to cede her sexuality in life, he had her killed in order to triumph. By merely displaying this painting to the envoy and retelling the story of “My Late Duchess,” the Duke finalizes his intentions to embark on yet another battle to control the sexuality of his future Duchess, and claim victory of that of his previous’.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how robert browning's "my last duchess" captures key elements pertaining to familial relations in a setting of victorian-era england.
- Analyzes how the duke treats the painting as the defeated duchess and not just as painting of his beloved wife.
- Analyzes how the duke values the painting because of its aesthetic value and its backstory. he uses a dramatic monologue to mimic the words and feelings of frá pandolf and his late duchess.
- Analyzes how robert browning's "my last duchess" captures key elements pertaining to familial relations in a setting of victorian-era england.
- Analyzes how the duke treats the painting as the defeated duchess and not just as painting of his beloved wife.
- Analyzes how the duke values the painting because of its aesthetic value and its backstory. he uses a dramatic monologue to mimic the words and feelings of frá pandolf and his late duchess.
- Analyzes how the duke uses the portrait to warn the envoy about the dangers of cheating; he is already in control of his future wife.
- Analyzes how the duke has no trouble stereotyping all women, assigning them the single story of ‘unfaithfulness’ and believing that he truly has control over their sexuality.
- Analyzes how the poem gives voice only to the duke to show his unadulterated thoughts. he does not substantiate the claims that the late duchess was unfaithful or just flirted with men.
- Analyzes how the duke's resentment towards his late wife in committing grave crimes justifies her post-mortem punishment and humiliation. he had her killed in order to triumph.
734 wordsRead More - A Literary Comparison of Robert Browning’s Texts My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Loverargumentative essayInitially, both speakers in the literary texts are similar because they killed their lovers. In Duchess, the duke that is the speaker says blatantly that he killed his last wife. As the speaker says in lines 45-46, “I gave commands; then the smiling stopped all together.” These lines mean that he told her to stop smiling, but she didn’t listen to him, so therefore he killed her, thus the smiles stopped all together. He explained that he did this such action because she smiled too much. In the same way, the speaker of Lover explained that he killed his lover too. The speaker grabbed his woman’s hair, and wrapped it around her neck three times, and strangled her to death! “I found a thing to do, and all her hair in one long yellow string I wound three times her little throat around, and strangled her” (Lines 37-41).
In this essay, the author
- Opines that most people have fallen in love at least once in their lives. robert browning's literary works are great examples of "non-fairytale endings."
- Analyzes how both speakers in the literary texts are similar because they killed their lovers. in duchess, the duke says blatantly that he killed his last wife.
- Analyzes how the speakers from lover, and duchess, both have mental disorders.
- Opines that most people have fallen in love at least once in their lives. robert browning's literary works are great examples of "non-fairytale endings."
- Analyzes how both speakers in the literary texts are similar because they killed their lovers. in duchess, the duke says blatantly that he killed his last wife.
- Analyzes how the speakers from lover, and duchess, both have mental disorders.
- Analyzes how browning's two texts are similar because they are both jealous. in duchess, the speaker gets extremely jealous due to the fact that his wife is always smiling at other guys.
- Compares the two texts of browning: one wants to replace his wife, while the other keeps her. in duchess, the speaker is talking to a man that is actually the father of his new wife.
- Compares the speakers of lover and duchess, stating that one speaker is rich and the other is not.
- Compares the speakers of duchess and lover because of the types of murder they committed.
- Compares robert browning's two texts, duchess, and porphyria’s lover. they can be similar because speakers in the texts killed their women, they both had mental issues and they were both jealous for one reason or another.
856 wordsRead More - My Last Duches by Robert Browninganalytical essayThere is seldom a more deeply rooted bond than that between an artist and his masterpiece. However, in the poem "My Last Duchess", written by Robert Browning, it is not, in fact, the artist that possesses this bond, but the owner of the artwork. This dramatic monologue seems to be a tragic love story at first; however, as the story progresses, is it revealed to the audience that the grief-stricken Duke may have had some issues with his blushing bride. While addressing a representative of his future fiancé’s father, the Duke relays his thoughts and feelings on the untimely demise of his former Duchess. The Duke is not remorseful over the death of his bride but is instead bitter that she did not fit his expectations of a perfect wife. This is displayed through his lack of grief, his sudden remarriage, and his use of symbolic language to reveal his inner feelings.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how robert browning's poem "my last duchess" reveals that the grief-stricken duke may have had some issues with his blushing bride.
- Analyzes how the speaker in browning's poem grieves by remembering his duchess’s smile, but the smug tone discredits his attempt at endearment.
- Analyzes how the duke's sarcastic tone and harsh words serve as a warning to the new bride, lest she end up with the same fate
- Analyzes how robert browning's poem "my last duchess" reveals that the grief-stricken duke may have had some issues with his blushing bride.
- Analyzes how the speaker in browning's poem grieves by remembering his duchess’s smile, but the smug tone discredits his attempt at endearment.
- Analyzes how the duke's sarcastic tone and harsh words serve as a warning to the new bride, lest she end up with the same fate
- Analyzes how browning uses several aspects to symbolize his character's inner feelings and reveals information to help build this character without having to outwardly say it.
- Analyzes the theme of the poem speaker and 's use of literary devices. when the character fails to get his perfect bride, he fixes the problem by getting rid of her and finding a replacement.
- Describes browning, robert, and dana gioia's backpack literature.
863 wordsRead More - victorian eraanalytical essay“My Last Duchess” is written in rhymed iambic pentameter lines. It is about the inner thoughts of an individual speaker (Duke) who reveals a portrait of his former wife to the count’s agent and explains what happened as well as what led to her unfortunate fate. There are several hints of symbolism and imagery that play a key role throughout the poem, such as the portrait of the duchess, the smiling, and the stooping. Not much is said about the portrait except that is lifelike and captures the duchess’s emotional state. The Duchess’s smile and joyous state are the biggest signs of imagery in the portrait itself and the poem. According to the Duke, he thinks their worthless because ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the victorian era was a time of overseas expansion and domestic reform, and that literary movements and technological advancements have shaped its culture and brought forth prosperity.
- Analyzes how "my last duchess" is written in rhymed iambic pentameter lines. it is about the inner thoughts of an individual speaker who reveals a portrait of his former wife to the count's agent.
- Analyzes how browning's poem, porphyria’s lover, is written in iambic tetrameter and follows an asymmetrical rhyming pattern of ababb, cdcdd, efeff.
- Explains that the victorian era was a time of overseas expansion and domestic reform, and that literary movements and technological advancements have shaped its culture and brought forth prosperity.
- Analyzes how "my last duchess" is written in rhymed iambic pentameter lines. it is about the inner thoughts of an individual speaker who reveals a portrait of his former wife to the count's agent.
- Analyzes how browning's poem, porphyria’s lover, is written in iambic tetrameter and follows an asymmetrical rhyming pattern of ababb, cdcdd, efeff.
- Analyzes how browning's dramatic monologue became a key poetic device during the victorian period. the themes behind both poems are of power, jealousy, and pride.
874 wordsRead More - Poetic Balance in Chaucer's The Book of the Duchessanalytical essayChaucer, the medieval English poet who lived from 1345 to 1400, lived through five major outbreaks of the plague, the Black Death -- from which, the swish of Death's scythe was heard for generations. The first of these outbreaks occurred when Chaucer was young, and between the years 1348 and 1350. The first plague was the hardest hitting, killed about one-third to one-half of those living in London (Ibeji). The third of these outbreaks, in 1369, struck royal blood: King Edward's wife, Philippa of Hainault, and John of Gaunt's wife, Blanche -- who was 28 at the time. During the time of Blanche's death, John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, was not with his wife, but out at sea. And a few years after Blanche's death, perhaps for a memorial service, John of Gaunt commissioned Geoffrey Chaucer to write a poem (Benson 329).
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the balance between the black knight and the dreamer.
- Analyzes how the black knight shows his sickness, his sadness, when the dreamer describes him lamenting.
- Analyzes how chaucer, with the book of the duchess, created a masterwork.
- Analyzes the balance between the black knight and the dreamer.
- Analyzes how the black knight shows his sickness, his sadness, when the dreamer describes him lamenting.
- Analyzes how chaucer, with the book of the duchess, created a masterwork.
- Explains kiser, lisa, "truth and texuality in chaucer's poetry." university press of new england.
- Analyzes how chaucer lived through five major outbreaks of the plague, the black death, and the death of his wife, blanche.
- Analyzes the similarities between the story the dreamer reads, and the events surrounding blanche's death.
- Analyzes how the relationship between ovid's metamorphoses and the situation behind the death of blanche deepens our understanding.
- Analyzes how chaucer stresses that the god morpheus and his son eclympasteyr are not truely productive. they pronounce their idleness when isis attempts to wake him up.
2595 wordsRead More - My Last Duchess Jealousy Analysisanalytical essayIn conclusion, Mr. Robert Browning depicts in ‘My Last Duchess” that the Duke is not an ideal husband by referencing how controlling he is over women and other people in his vicinity. Mr. Browning also references the Duke’s jealous and petty actions that make him seem desperate for a way to seek attention. That is why the Duke disposes of her since she was not giving him the proper care he wanted he decided that she was not worthy. The Duke is also not an ideal husband based on his views of how disposal women are to him. His jealousy and insecurity lead him to be an unhappy self-centered
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how robert browning's "my last duchess" showcases the duke conversing with the count’s representative about a hopeful marriage to his daughter and recalling his late wife.
- Analyzes how the duke experiences internal conflict through jealousy he holds towards the duchess while she was alive, and even in death.
- Explains that jealousy is a form of love caused by fear that the person an individual loves prefers someone else.
- Analyzes how robert browning's "my last duchess" showcases the duke conversing with the count’s representative about a hopeful marriage to his daughter and recalling his late wife.
- Analyzes how the duke experiences internal conflict through jealousy he holds towards the duchess while she was alive, and even in death.
- Explains that jealousy is a form of love caused by fear that the person an individual loves prefers someone else.
- Analyzes how the duke of ferrara was jealous and exhibited dominance to show his power towards the duchess.
- Analyzes how the duke's hatred and jealousy are exemplified by the duchess not giving him special attention. when he talks about neptune taming the horse, the curtain is drawn by him and no one else.
- Concludes that mr. robert browning depicts in "my last duchess" that the duke is not an ideal husband based on his views of how disposal women are to him.
965 wordsRead More - Compare And Contrast My Last Duchess And Porphyria's Loveranalytical essayIn “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” both deal with the love of a woman. The theme for both is power and how the speaker in both want to be in control over the woman. The imagery in “My Last Duchess” is based off what the Duke’s feel and what he shares with the servant. The imagery in “Porphyria’s Lover” is based on Porphyria’s. The tone in “My Last Duchess” is arrogant and ignorant because the Duke think so much of himself and foolishly shares all his flaws. The tone in Porphyria’s Lover” is rational the speaker makes sense of the murder of a woman he loves so much. Both poems displayed dramatic
In this essay, the author
- Explains that a dramatic monologue is an effective way for an individual to get their point of view heard. the theme, use of imagery, and tone are compared.
- Analyzes how the theme of "my last duchess" is power, based on the duke's political and social power applied by the speaker.
- Analyzes how the theme of "porphyria's lover" is also power. the speaker turns around and reverses everything.
- Explains that a dramatic monologue is an effective way for an individual to get their point of view heard. the theme, use of imagery, and tone are compared.
- Analyzes how the theme of "my last duchess" is power, based on the duke's political and social power applied by the speaker.
- Analyzes how the theme of "porphyria's lover" is also power. the speaker turns around and reverses everything.
- Analyzes how the imagery in "my last duchess" leaves a memorable effect based on words. robert browning allows the duke to express his image of his wife through his dialogue.
- Analyzes how the imagery in "porphyria's lover" is descriptive. the speaker starts out describing the storm outside with adjectives that make it appear the weather is a person.
- Analyzes how the tone in "my last duchess" is arrogant and ignorant simply because it's the voice of a self-centered and oblivious man.
- Analyzes how the smooth tone of the speaker in "porphyria's lover" makes the poem more effective because it gives the reader a sense that he didn't kill her out of anger.
- Analyzes how robert browning's "my last duchess" and "porphyria’s lover" dealt with the love of a woman. both poems displayed dramatic monologues.
1153 wordsRead More - My Last Duchess Essayanalytical essayThe egotistical dialogue, “E’en then would be some stooping”, shows the Duke’s belief that he does not have to explain himself to his wife, as that would be beneath him. This displays the arrogant nature of the Duke, implying he is above women and is superior, accentuating his insensitivity and pride, as he perceives his wife to be below him. The use of personal pronouns, “I” highlights the high opinion the Duke has of himself and extends the arrogance of the Duke and communicates to the audience the egotistical nature of the aristocracy, implying they are focused only on themselves. Additionally, “my gift of a nine-hundred year old name”, highlights the arrogance of the aristocracy, as it demonstrates the Duke’s belief that the wealth and aristocracy he has given his wife is a gift which she should treasure. The use of the word “gift” suggests that wealth is of great importance and privilege, conveying the pride and arrogance of the aristocracy, as they place themselves above the
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how robert browning's my last duchess (1842) uses a renaissance context to comment on the victorian period and convey societal issues of the time.
- Analyzes how the duke's objectification of his dead wife is a vehicle which the notion is displayed. the personal pronoun in "my object" enforces the belief that he owns his wife.
- Analyzes how browning illuminates the audience to conventional gender roles in the victorian era, where men dominate women.
- Analyzes how robert browning's my last duchess (1842) uses a renaissance context to comment on the victorian period and convey societal issues of the time.
- Analyzes how the duke's objectification of his dead wife is a vehicle which the notion is displayed. the personal pronoun in "my object" enforces the belief that he owns his wife.
- Analyzes how browning illuminates the audience to conventional gender roles in the victorian era, where men dominate women.
- Analyzes how browning comments on the egotistical and proud nature of aristocratic men in victorian society through the use of the duke's character.
- Illustrates the destructive nature of jealousy and the detrimental impact it can have on people, conveyed through the duke's actions of killing his wife out of envy.
745 wordsRead More - My Last Duchess Essayanalytical essayThey say true love only comes around once and one has to hold out and be strong until then. If such a time comes, how does one make sure their love lasts? The ideas of jealousy, guilt and trust all play major key roles through love and companionship with one another. But when one is betrayed, some seek out revenge. Back in the early 1500’s, revenge was seen by torture and or execution for such acts committed against a spouse. However, with such a dramatic change in the way we love today, revenge has taken on a whole new meaning. Therefore, looking into Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess”, we see the speaker, also known as the Duke of Ferrara, tell the story of his last Duchess to the servant. We receive an in depth view of jealousy and the unfortunate consequences through the speakers calm unseen controlling and angry attitude towards the last Duchess.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how jealousy, guilt, and trust play key roles through love and companionship, but when one is betrayed, revenge takes on a whole new meaning.
- Analyzes how the speaker portrays a governing and royal persona through his interactions.
- Analyzes how the duke's fury builds up in the duchess when she expresses herself to other individuals, betraying his royalty. the duke shows little remorse for anyone who turns against him.
- Analyzes how jealousy, guilt, and trust play key roles through love and companionship, but when one is betrayed, revenge takes on a whole new meaning.
- Analyzes how the speaker portrays a governing and royal persona through his interactions.
- Analyzes how the duke's fury builds up in the duchess when she expresses herself to other individuals, betraying his royalty. the duke shows little remorse for anyone who turns against him.
- Analyzes how the speaker exposes a startling disposition towards the end of the poem.
- Opines that if she let / herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse, -e'en would be some stooping.
- Analyzes how the more masculine side of the speaker transforms into a more hindered self. even though the duke has remained calm throughout his story, he seems to not shift gears with the projection of his emotions.
- Analyzes how the speaker creates a high standard to where the new duchess should be aware of what is expected of her.
892 wordsRead More - Comparing Three Poems First Love, My Last Duchess and Rememberanalytical essayFirst Love is about a shy guy who apparently has seen a girl to which
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the poet describes her in a sly sort of way during the poem.
- Analyzes how first love is about a shy guy who apparently has seen an attractive girl.
- Analyzes how the poem uses a great simile, which gets them very much into it.
- Analyzes how the poet describes her in a sly sort of way during the poem.
- Analyzes how first love is about a shy guy who apparently has seen an attractive girl.
- Analyzes how the poem uses a great simile, which gets them very much into it.
- Analyzes how hot and nervous he is, and what we might feel for him.
- Narrates how her fiancée got someone to draw a picture of her.
- Opines that 'better by far you should forget and smile, than that.
- Opines that they enjoy that phrase as it is used at the end and is literally true.
801 wordsRead More - Analysis of the Duke in Browning's "My Last Duchess"analytical essayIn "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning, the character of Duke is portrayed as having controlling, jealous, and arrogant traits. These traits are not all mentioned verbally, but mainly through his actions. In the beginning of the poem the painting of the Dukes wife is introduced to us: "That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,/ looking as of she were still alive" (1-2). These lines leave us with the suspicion that the Duchess is no longer alive, but at this point were are not totally sure. In this essay I will discuss the Dukes controlling, jealous and arrogant traits he possesses through out the poem.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the character of duke in robert browning's "my last duchess", which is portrayed as having controlling, jealous, and arrogant traits.
- Analyzes how duke is portrayed as a controlling gentleman who wanted his wife's company all to himself. he felt she treated others the same way he treated him.
- Analyzes how the duke insinuated that many men were attracted to the duchess nb. the lines show his jealousy and rage.
- Analyzes the character of duke in robert browning's "my last duchess", which is portrayed as having controlling, jealous, and arrogant traits.
- Analyzes how duke is portrayed as a controlling gentleman who wanted his wife's company all to himself. he felt she treated others the same way he treated him.
- Analyzes how the duke insinuated that many men were attracted to the duchess nb. the lines show his jealousy and rage.
- Analyzes how the duke's arrogance was shown through his verbal comments and actions throughout this poem. he acted as if his name was really important.
- Analyzes the duke's downfalls in the poem. he is a very controlling man and likes to give orders. his jealousy angered him to order his wife killed.
502 wordsRead More - Analysis of My Last Duchess by Robert Browninganalytical essayMy Last Duchess by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue about a duke who is showing the portrait of his first wife, the duchess, to a servant of his future father-in-law, the Count. In a dramatic monologue, the speaker addresses a distinct but silent audience. Through his speech, the speaker unintentionally reveals his own personality. As such, in reading this poem, the reader finds the duke to be self-centered, arrogant, controlling, chauvinistic and a very jealous man. The more he attempted to conceal these traits, however, the more they became evident. There is situational irony (a discrepancy between what the character believes and what the reader knows to be true) in this because the duke does not realize this is what is happening. Instead, he thinks he appears as a powerful and noble aristocrat.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how browning's "my last duchess" is a dramatic monologue about the duke who is showing the portrait of his first wife to the count.
- Analyzes how robert browning uses iambic pentameter throughout the poem to break up the pattern so that every two lines rhyme. the poem is lyric poetry because it evokes emotion but does not tell a story.
- Analyzes how the duke addresses an unknown listener in the first few lines of the poem. he uses the pronoun "you" so it is never clear until the end.
- Analyzes how browning's "my last duchess" is a dramatic monologue about the duke who is showing the portrait of his first wife to the count.
- Analyzes how robert browning uses iambic pentameter throughout the poem to break up the pattern so that every two lines rhyme. the poem is lyric poetry because it evokes emotion but does not tell a story.
- Analyzes how the duke addresses an unknown listener in the first few lines of the poem. he uses the pronoun "you" so it is never clear until the end.
- Analyzes how the duke was angry about others paying attention to the duchess. he thought she should be for "his presence only."
- Analyzes how the duke would not stoop to the duchess' level if he were skilled enough to speak to her about how disgusted she was with her actions.
- Analyzes how the man raging inside was willing to destroy her. he gave orders to have her killed, another sign of his controlling and commanding nature.
- Analyzes how the duke looks back to the portrait once again. he mentions the large dowry that he wouldn't mind accepting, obviously negotiating the terms of a new marriage agreement.
- Analyzes how the duke was a cruel and heartless man. he used his influence to warn the servant of his plans for his marriage to the count's daughter.
1159 wordsRead More - Disenchantment with the Modern Age in Yeats' No Second Troyanalytical essay...his beloved's timelessness also appears in "Reconciliation." Yeats writes, "Some may have blamed you that you took away the verses," leading the poet to write about "kings, / Helmets, and swords, and have-forgotten things / That were like memories of you." These poems tie together the poet's vision of Maud Gonne as a woman misplaced in time, possessing, as Giorgio Melchiori writes, a "proud beauty and fire...in which a noble past clashes with a mediocre present."
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how yeats' "no second troy" expresses his disenchantment with the modern age: blind to true beauty, unheroic, and unworthy of maud gonne's ancient nobility and heroism.
- Analyzes how yeats wrote "no second troy" in december of 1908, comparatively early in his lifelong relationship with maud gonne.
- Analyzes how the poem begins with the poet expressing his heightening disapproval of maud gonne's politics. the poem seems to blame her inactivity on the "ignorant men" for not having "courage equal to desire."
- Analyzes how yeats' "no second troy" expresses his disenchantment with the modern age: blind to true beauty, unheroic, and unworthy of maud gonne's ancient nobility and heroism.
- Analyzes how yeats wrote "no second troy" in december of 1908, comparatively early in his lifelong relationship with maud gonne.
- Analyzes how the poem begins with the poet expressing his heightening disapproval of maud gonne's politics. the poem seems to blame her inactivity on the "ignorant men" for not having "courage equal to desire."
- Analyzes how yeats disapproves of maud gonne's provocation of england, realizing that hurling "the little streets upon the great" would end in tragedy.
- Analyzes how the poem's title provides an answer to the questions in that without another troy against which maud gonne can use her destructive power, yeats becomes the thing to be destroyed.
- Analyzes how yeats imparts a timelessness on gonne's beauty in memoirs, which implies danger and suspense, and his reference to her as ancient and timeless.
- Analyzes how yeats makes a point not to blame her for his inability to retain her hand in marriage.
- Analyzes how yeats' self-blame expressed in memoirs is later diverted, or externalized, in "no second troy."
- Analyzes how "no second troy" attempts to deal with yeats' relationship with maud gonne without placing blame on either his beloved or himself. he criticizes the age in which they live, and blames its inability to sustain the burning of troy for ideal beauty.
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