MLD to London

• What is the overall discussion between both poets?

  The power of mankind
• What form does My Last Duchess use?

  Dramatic Monologue
• What form does London use?

  Dramatic monologue
• Why does William Blake write London?

  To show the suffering and weakness of people after the Industrial revolution, emphasising how people were trapped in their minds
• Why does Robert Browning write My Last Duchess?

  To understand the jealousy and possessiveness within a marriage, highlighting the life of Alfonso the second and the portraits of his wives and showing the inequality of men and women in society.
• What is the Structure of My Last Duchess?

  Circular
• What does a circular structure do for the reader?

  Create an important, repetitive behaviour of the duke towards his wife
• What is the structure of London?

  Three stanza
• Why does William Blake use a stanza for the poem?

  To create a gripping, repetitive interest into how miserable and sick the poor were in London's 18th century
• What is the feeling of My Last Duchess?

  Jealousy, Anger, Control of power
• Why did Robert Browning reflect these feelings into his poem?

  To show the inequality of men and women in society, highlighting the nature f power through the dukes control over his wife.
• What is the feeling in London?

  Anger, Hopelessness, Sorow, weakness, evil, innocence
• Why did William Blake reflect these feelings into his poem?

  To demonstrate the pain and torment the industrial revolution left people ,showing the effects of all life
• What language was used in My Last Duchess?

  Repetition, foreshadowing, metaphor
• What is an example of repetition in My Last Duchess?

  1. "she looked on"
  2. "She thanked men"
• What is an example of a metaphor in My Last Duchess?

  "Half flush that dies along her throat"- Shows the red around her neck (symbolises blood)
• What is an example of foreshadowing in My Last Duchess?

  " Half flush that dies along her throat"
• What language is used in London?

  Repetition, metaphorical, oxymoron, emotive lang
• What is an example of emotive lang in London?

  "chimney sweepers cry"
• What is an example of repetition in London?

  1. " In every cry"
  2. " In every infants cry"