The Duchess
The Duchess is not alive in this poem but takes the form of this instead.
What is a painting?
What does the speaker say he is going to arrange at the end of the poem following the passing of the Duchess?
What is a wedding?
Browning's family had this in their home which is where Browning would go to study in his youth.
What is a library?
This is the tone which Browning creates in his poem "My Last Duchess"
What is sinister?
The speaker says that the Duchess is depicted as having what on her cheeks in the painting?
What is blush?
The speaker was controlling to the Duchess and often gave her what?
What is commands?
How old was Browning when he published his first work?
What is 21?
What literary device is used here? “Paint / Must never hope to reproduce the faint / Half-flush that dies along her throat” (Browning 26-28).
What is personification?
According to the speaker, many men would give the Duchess what?
What are gifts?
What does the speaker say is the best gift he gave to the duchess?
What is his last name?
These are the two poets Browning often drew inspiration from
What are Keats and Shelley?
What theme is Browning trying to convey about women through the use of personification? (If you have something similar I will count it)
What is the objectification of women?
This is one of the two gifts mentioned by the speaker which the Duchess recieved.
What is a white mule/cherries? (you can have either)
What trait is the speaker implying the Duchess had when he says "she liked what'er she looked on, and her looks went everywhere?" (Browning 23).
What is disloyal?
Who published Browning's first poem, "Pauline: A Fragment of Confession?"
What is his family?
What meter is used in the poem?
What is iambic pentameter?