My Last Duchess Essay

My Last Duchess My last duchess was written by an English poet by the name of Robert Browning in 1842 which stands as an example of a dramatic monologue. Browning wrote the poem in twenty-eight rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter, and within the first few lines, there is a lot of repetition and sequence. In the poem my last duchess, Ferrara speaks of his first wife and the fact that she tends to have a wondering eye when it comes to other men. Throughout the poem, it eventually becomes very obvious, through hints from Ferrara that he has killed his wife, due to her unfaithfulness.
Ferrara spends most of the poem talking about his last Duchess that was painted on the wall by Frà Pandolf. The Duke does not start off with saying much about the painting, except that she looks very lifelike. The painting is described almost like it is actually lifelike, however, he describes the painting saying that it tends to look at the people that see it and it has a very “earnest glance” almost as if it has feelings. The Duke keeps the painting of …show more content…
When the Duchess gets joyous about something, she smiles and starts to blush, which leads to the Duke describing her cheeks as a “spot of joy”. This “joyous blush on her cheek that can be seen in the portrait was a result, the duke says, of her reaction to Frà Pandolf’s compliments about her beauty.” (Marchino) He seems to me like he is a very controlling and jealous husband, almost as if he thinks that he is the only one that she should be giving any of her attention to Later, “the duke implies that the duchess was the kind of woman who had to be watched, for she had a heart “too easily impressed” (line 23), and “her looks went everywhere” (line 24). (Charles) He then goes on to say that “she thanked men-good” like she sleeps with every man that compliments her or even looks at her. He is pretty much saying that his wife sleeps around on

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