my last duchess

• written in iambic pentameter- rhythm of a heartbeat
• 1 stanza - 1 perspective
• “a heart - how shall i say? - too soon made glad”
• “half-flush that dies along her throat”


  the duke abused her - red marks on throat - stangled?
• “that’s my last duchess painted on the wall”


  showing her off like a trophy - shes art, part of his collection - using her for looks
• “since none puts by the curtain i have drawn for you, but i”


  even in death he controls who can see her - controlling
• “there she stands as if alive”
• “which claus of innsbruk cast in bronze for me”


  statue - expensive - being an object