My Last Duchess - Robert Browning Flashcards

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CONTEXT - How did this poem spread/ what was it for?

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Performances, so this poem was for a live audience and is like a monologue

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Who is the speaker talking to?

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A representative for his next wife that he will marry (for money and land and status)

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WHat is the rhyming pattern? WHy is it written like that?

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AABB, writing like this makes it better for performances and sounds like a childish rhyme - that also helps to cover up the actual darkness of murder and reflects his uncaring attitude

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