my last duchess

• “(since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)”
• too easily impressed ... her looks went everywhere ... 'twas all one!
• I gave commands Then all smiles stopped together
• Notice Neptune, though, taming a seahorse
• What is the form of mld?

  Biased dramatic monologue
• What is the technique of "(since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I)"?

  Enjambment , juxtaposition
• What is the analysis of "(since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I)"?


  He thinks he is in control but the fact that she still lingers on his mind proves the opposite. He also thinks that uncovering and covering her with a curtain gives him power.
• What is the analysis of "too easily impressed...her looks went everywhere...'twas all one!"?


  The duke goes against the behaviour of a patriarchal man - as he obsesses over not being treated specially - fragile masculinity
• What is the technique of "too easily impressed...her looks went everywhere...'twas all one!"?


  Hyperbole , list
• What is the analysis of "I gave commands then all smiles stopped together"?


  Creates a dark atmosphere, irregular pause represents her life and how he was able to stop it (assuming that he ordered her death) - shows power of man
• What is the technique of "I gave commands then all smiles stopped together"?


  Euphemism , sibilance , caesura
• What is the structure of my last duchess?

  The Duke dominates the conversation and the messenger does not speak. The poet has used iambic pentameter to mimic the style of speech/ conversational tone. The rigid rhyming couplets aim to mimic the speaker’s sense of order and power.