The poem was written in the style of a dramatic monologue, which is where the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara, talks to a dramatic audience. The poem “My Last Duchess,” is known as his best work using dramatic monologues. We are told by Marchino that this poem can be considered ironic.This is seen as ironic because it shows the audience the worst traits of the Duke instead of those of the Duchess, like the Duke intended. “My Last Duchess” is written in iambic pentameter couplets. It is written as a tour de force, meaning it was very skillful and successful performance.This is a formal way of writing in England.Browning wrote the poem in enjambment, a form of writing he is a truly a fan …show more content…
The enjambment gave us the realization that the Duke is incapable of being able to be powerful and controlling of all things, which ties back to the first paragraph.In the poem, Browning uses dashes that help show us different pauses the Duke makes.The Duke has these pauses to show that he is unsure of what exactly happens next.These dashes later on show us how he takes this into belief of how perfect he is and how he is the powerful, strong one over these situations. The Duchess is seen in multiple ways and point of views throughout the poem.Whenever the Duke spoke of the Duchess she was often referred to as a symbol of the beautiful part of nature. She is referred to as such things like a mule or the sunset.The Duke also uses examples of what we find in nature to show the cycle of life, when he tries to explain the reasoning behind the duchess painting in the art gallery of his home.She is seen as a very easily satisfied person, which was bothersome to her husband, the Duke.She was known to blush very easily and much more often than those around her.One reason she would blush, would be when Friar Pandolf would be extremely kind to her. Among other things, she was also looked at as if she had displeased him and was the fault in the relationship.The Duke was not satisfied by her, one reason being that she never