the overall theme, death, but each brings it out in different styles. This essay explains the comparison of the two poems in detail and the respective significance of use of stylistic devices. My Last Duchess Browning uses conventional styles to create his poem. He constructs his sentences to rhyme in twos. It is written in free
TITLE Robert Browning’s poems, My Last Duchess (‘MLD’) and Porphyria’s Lover (‘PL’) take the form of dramatic monologues and are striking examples of literature written in the Victorian era. Due to their form, a great interaction is developed between the reader and narrator, with an additional oratory effect; this allows the audience to understand a situation less ambiguously through features such as tone. Therefore, Browning is able to present male and female characters more completely. Furthermore
over his late duchess. The poem, a dramatic monologue, captures discussion regarding the duke expressing his desire over marrying the count’s daughter to one of the count’s emissaries. Within “Porphyria’s Lover,” browning creates a scene of power associated with physical and psychological power that each voice embodies. This dramatic monologue captures the speaker conversing with himself after demonstrating his power over, Porphyria, his lover. Both of these dramatic monologues associate power with
The Dramatic Significance of Act 3 Scene 4 of The Banquet Scene of William Shakespeare's Macbeth Throughout this scene we can see that both versions have been created to show the best interpretation of the play Macbeth. Polanski's version is more realistic but I feel that it does not show the play in the way in which Shakespeare had intended as this version was created by a film producer who had added extra scenes and changed lines for some of the characters. He also used
am'rous birds of prey," of To His Coy Mistress are similes used to portray imagery. He intentionally used hyperboles, "I would/Love you ten years before the Flood, /And you should if you please refuse/Till the conversion of the Jews." to refer to the significance of time flying or so to say “seize the day.” As a matter of fact, since both settings are critical in their day and age, the poems use a fair amount of allusions as references. Line 36 of My Last Duchess is a paradox, it is quite vague to realize
However, it does give us a complete impression of a Renaissance nobleman. The dramatic monologue begins with an insight into the Duke's interest in the collection of fine artwork. In the same way, we can establish that the Duke also enjoys the collection of women, in the way that he introduces his next piece of art. 'That's my
country. One may also observe differences within a country, for example, the social norms of a small town or village versus those of a large metropolis. Differences in social norms can also be observed in literature. This essay will focus on two dramatic monologues, which were written by poets who lived in England during the same period. Robert Browning published My last Duchess in 1842, the same year that Alfred Tennyson published Ulysses. Both poets lived in England during the Victorian era. However
Murder, mystery and intrigue all describe Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess." From the speakers' indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader is easily lead to think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His elaborate speech confuses and disguises any possible motives, and the mystery is left unsolved. Even if he did not kill his wife, he certainly has something to hide. Based on the poem's historical references, style and structure, the Duke's controlling
in it forever.” (Collins). Coincidentally, that is what the unnamed lover in Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue “Porphyria’s Lover” aspires to achieve when he murders his beloved Porphyria, in hopes of preserving their intimate moment for eternity. At the start of the poem, Browning seemingly shows his audience a loving, romantic scene of Porphyria affectionately tending her inert beau. As the dramatic monologue progresses, it is learned that the originally envisioned romantic love story has transformed
In the poems, “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess”, both written by Robert Browning, each speaker mentions a woman whom they had once known. The poems, being considered as dramatic monologues, depict a particular role that women have through the eyes of speaker. Browning keeps the speakers mysterious, but lets out their true characters through the use of the women in each of their lives. Each speaker brings their own eerie tone to the poem which adds to the mysteriousness of their characters