My last Duchess

Cards (5)

  • Dramatic monologue told from the perspective of an ignorant juke in Italy
  • Spot of joy-metaphor describes her happiness with the noun sport having negative connotations of something to be rid of
  • Gave commands and all smiles, stopped together-the sinister euphemistic phrases are understood as a duke killed her
  • One stanza
  • First person-give the speaker a great deal of power over the Text as He can control what he tells the reader.