My Last Duchess

Question 1

What is the context of the My last duchess

Answer 1

He is attacking an aristocratic society. As it shows the power of the nobility

Question 2

My last Duchess killer quotes

Answer 2

“Thats my last duchess painted on the wall.”Too easily impressed” “how shall I say” - interrupts himself. “As if she ranked my gift of a nine hundred years old name with anybodys gift” “I gave commands then all smiles stopped together” “notice neptune”

Question 3

Form and structure of my last duchess

Answer 3

Enjambement - show Duke doesnt have complete control.
Dramatic monologue - shows he has the upmost power as hes the only one speaking. Iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets - to show a tight vontrol. Just like the Dukes tight control. However there’s only half rhyme when talking about the duchess.
One long stanza - doesnkt stop to think that he’s shwoing that he killed his wife freely

Question 4

What does the poem critique, My last duchess

Answer 4

Victorian England and how they would supress women in a patriochal societ

Question 5

Ideas about the poem, My last duchess

Answer 5

Power - power as a duke, power over women