My last duchess quotes, form and structure Flashcards
That’s my last _______ painted on the _____
_______ as if she were_____ _____. I call
That’s my last duchess painted on the wall
Looking as if she were still alive. I call
‘twas not her ________ presence _____, called that ____ of joy into ______’ ______.
‘twas not her husband’s presence only, called that spot of joy into Duchess’ cheek
as if she ______, my ____ of nine-hundred-years-old _____
with ________’s gift
as if she ranked, my gift of nine-hundred-years-old name
with anybody’s gift
Will’t ______ you ___ and ____ at her
Will’t please you sit and look at her
Form?
Dramatic monologue
shows the power and control that the Duke has as it’s a one-sided conversation
(undermined by structure though)
Structure?
One long stanza
enjambment
These display that actually the Duke doesn’t have the power to control things that he thinks he does.
He is uncontrolled