my last duchess Flashcards
1
Q
‘piece’
A
objectification of ex-wife.
2
Q
‘depth and passion’
A
suggests she was earnest.
3
Q
‘her looks went everywhere’
A
jealousy and insecure speculation.
4
Q
‘good!’
A
punctuation creates stammer that suggests worry.
5
Q
‘my gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name’
A
showing off pride and power.
6
Q
‘this grew’
A
impersonal pronoun creates ambiguity - jealousy, smiling, insecurity, intolerance?
7
Q
‘stoop’ ‘stooping’
A
repetition suggests the duke felt his wife was beneath him.
