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    As a literary work‚ poetry contains a mystery. The emotions put in by the author creates a certain tone and the right word must be used carefully to portray the true meaning of the poet. Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both share the sense of dramatics and intense feelings in their poems. Through the images and metaphors throughout both works‚ we can compare and contrast the underlying meaning of Browning and Marvell’s poems. What is love? According

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    The poetic voice in Robert Browning’s ‘My last Duchess’ is Alfonso II D’Este. The speaker is presented as rich Duke who is very full of himself “My nine hundred year old name.” Throughout the poem the speaker is trying convince the Count of Tyrell that he is a worthy person to marry his daughter. This poem is a dramatic monologue because the only speaker in the poem is Alfonso. Browning uses Iambic Pentameter as the metre to create a sense of natural speech; this makes the poem avoid sounding

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    Discuss Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ as a Dramatic Monologue A Dramatic monologue is a form of poetry where the speaker in the poem gives the readers a deep insight into his thoughts. It is different from a soliloquy since a dramatic monologue always has an implied audience. Dramatic monologue although originated well before the 19th century‚ it was popularized by Victorian poets like Browning‚ Tennyson and Dante Rossetti. Browning has experimented with this form of poetry to such depths that dramatic

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    Explore the ways Robert Browning uses symbolism and figurative language in “My last Duchess” Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” was written in 1842; one of the first of his many dramatic monologues. This poem largely focuses around one narrative voice who we suspect as the Duke of Ferrara; giving the emissary of his prospective new wife a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of a woman‚ explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife; he describes her flirtatious

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    "My Last Duchess" is one of the most understood sonnets composed by Robert Browning. Browning is still recalled today because of the dramatic monologue of "My Last Duchess". The setting of the lyric is the living arrangement of Duke of Ferrara. The "Duke" is the speaker/storyteller in this sonnet‚ it’s a discussion between the duke and a hireling of the Count. The fundamental graceful gadgets in this lyric is: imagery‚ representation‚ and similar sounding word usage. In this sonnet imagery was

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    "My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning‚ frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning’s Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since he Browning could have easily written ’second’ but did not do so) a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of

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    The Duke and His Duchess What would one expect a mans personality and traits to be like if he was to send his wife away for being to easily impressed and made happy too soon? It is just the man Robert Browning portrays in his poem “My Last Duchess” as the Duke who explains a painting of his late wife in a dramatic dialogue. A quick glance at “ My Last Duchess” readers can easily pick up on at least one element: arrogance. The speaker of the poem exhibits arrogance rooted in his audacious sense

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    My Last Duchess: An Analysis of The Duke "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is clearly a dramatic monologue used to depict the character of the Duke. The agent seems present although he never participates in the conversation and all parts are spoken by the Duke. The Duke describes some of the agent’s questions and makes the dramatic monologue possible by answering‚ for example‚ the questioning glance he gets from the agent about the "spot of joy on the duchess’ cheek". The poem presents the

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    My Last Duchess * How are feelings shown in my Last Duchess? * What is concealed and revealed by the Duke? In the poem My Last Duchess‚ a large variation of feelings and emotions are expressed. They are expressed using various techniques‚ such as alliteration‚ rhetorical questions and many more. I am going to explain how feelings are expressed in parts of the poem and also what is shown and revealed by the Duke in My Last Duchess. One of the main feelings which are portrayed in the poem

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    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

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