Commas, semicolons, long dashes, periods, and question marks imply different types of pauses, and so they vary the pace of the language in subtly different ways ...

10 Examples of Literary Devices in “My last Duchess“ · Dramatic Monologue · Metaphor · Foreshadowing · Caesura · Rhyme Scheme · Personification · Irony.

End Rhyme: End rhyme is used to make the stanza melodious. The examples of end rhyme in the poem are, “wall/call”, “hands/stands” and “meet/repeat”.

31 мар. 2020 г. · Literary Devices in “My Last Duchess” · Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. · Alliteration: ...

Psychological Portrait: Robert Browning uses word choice, figures of speech, metaphors, and analogies to indicate the speaker's personality. The speaker seems ...

Metaphor: The Duke's reference to the portrait as a "thing" and his wife as "my last Duchess" are examples of metaphorical language in the poem. These ...

The poem is an exploration of jealousy and possessiveness within a marriage, gendered expectations of women, and the treatment of women as chattel. The poem is ...

Browning makes use of several literary devices in 'My Last Duchess. ' These include but are not limited to: Alliteration: occurs when the poet uses the same ...

Form and structure. The poem is a dramatic monologue. The Duke dominants the conversation and the messenger does not speak. The poet has used iambic pentameter ...

“My Last Duchess” is composed of 28 rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter with no divisions into stanzas. Iambic pentameter refers to the rhythm, or meter, ...