LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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It has a regular rhyme scheme (aa/bb/cc/dd____), which is sustained throughout the poem.
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It is primarily a narrative poem.
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It is concerned with conventional 19th-century relations between a man and a woman.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Form. Browning characterized this poem as a dramatic lyric; but essentially it is a dramatic monologue, a genre typically associated with Robert Browning, where one person speaks to a presumed audience.
Detailed explanation-2: -My Last Duchess summary revolves around the theme of political and social power in the hands of the Duke. It depicts the harsh reality of a controlling marriage and a dominating husband who enjoys tyrannical power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The important features of the dramatic monologue is the presence of a speaker and the listener. The speaker in the poem is considered to be the Duke of Ferrara and the listener is the guest who came to visit the Duke.
Detailed explanation-4: -4. Explain the theme of appearance versus reality as expressed in the poem. Ans: In the poem, ‘My Last Duchess’ the theme of appearance versus reality is expressed through the portrait of the Duchess and the Duke’s attitude towards it. The Duke seems to value art and appearance but cannot appreciate beauty in reality.