My Last Duchess, Robert Browning Quotes Flashcards

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What quote uses a rhetorical question and enjambment to reveal the duchess could be easily flattered?

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“She had
A heart—how shall I say?”

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What quote uses anaphora to showcase the Duchess’s kind gazes as flirtatious?

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“She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.”

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What quote uses multiple hyphens to fasten the pace of the poem and exaggerate the Duke’s powerful lineage?

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“My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name”

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What quote uses symbolism to represent the Duke as Neptune (god of the sea) taming a sea horse (symbol of his wife)?

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“Notice Neptune, though,
Taming a sea-horse,”

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