My last Duchess

• summary

  centred around an Italian duke who murdered his wife and is planning a second marriage. he is telling the story of his first wife to a visitor
• "will't please you sit and look at her? I said"

  -out of the ordinary to ask to look at her

  -"I said" - abruptness implies the visitor has tried to say something and the duke cut him off. He done this to show the status and power that the duke has
• "how shall I say? Too soon made glad"

  -Controlling

  -The duke enjoys the fact that it happened because its made him more powerful