The Laboratory | Crime Poetry Flashcards
Who is it by?
Robert Browning
Who is it based on?
Marie - Madeline - Marguerite d’Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers who poisoned her father and brothers with her lover after they imprisoned him, she failed to poison her husband
What period was this in?
The Enlightenment Period - New Ideas that were controversial to religion i.e. Science
What is its form?
Dramatic Monologue
What’s its rhyme scheme?
AABB - refects her calmness & excitement
Language Techniques
Violent Lang - merciless, wishes pain on her victims
Imagery - eloquent with her descriptions reminding us of her femininity
Obsessive Lang - All possessions to fulfil her need for revenge. she needs it to be satisfied
Crime Elements Present
Plotting - we don’t know if she went through with her plan, there is a focus on the plotting emphasising how the setting is unusual for a woman to be present in
Secrets - secret affair & plotting
Setting - typically male dominant environment, subverting our expectations, especially with her excitement.
They laugh…
laugh at me
L7
gold oozing come! …
Sure to taste sweetly - is that poison too?
L14-16
The colours…
too grim!
L25
Brand, burn up…
bite into its grace
L39
If it hurts her, …
beside can it ever hurt me?
L44
next moment I…
dance at the King’s!
L48
