The line above uses personification when it gives human quality i.e., the ability earnestly glance with depth and passion, to a painting (an inanimate object).

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

20 нояб. 2021 г. · In the line “Looking as if she were alive I call” the author uses personification and tells the reader that she is not alive. This can also be ...

The duke personifies the painting throughout this passage, both by saying “there she stands,” as though the duchess herself and not her image in the painting ...

Personification: The portrait is personified in the poem, as it is described as having a "nine-hundred- years-old smile". This personification contributes to ...

The duke personifies the painting throughout the poem by giving it human characteristics, such as "there she stands", and "looking as if she were alive". "The…

Browning has presented the character of a duke who wants to rule his woman with an iron fist. He talks about his late wife and details the reasons why he did ...

Browning uses repetition to sinister effect in “My Last Duchess.” One type of repetition used in the poem is a refrain, which refers to any word, phrase, or ...

An idiom in the poem would be the duchess' smile. When she smiled, the duke saw it as a form of cheating and a priceless item which should only be given to him ...

31 мар. 2020 г. · Browning has presented the character of a duke who wants to rule his woman with an iron fist. He talks about his late wife and details the ...