my last duchess

title

dead

possessive pronoun

aristocacy

not the first

property

looking as if she was alive

ceasura, she is now dead

the past

peice

property

his belonging

Fra Pandolf's

name dropping

artist and monk

he is so jealous that he cannot have a man in the room with his wife that is no a monk as he has taken a vow of Chasity

the curtain have drawn for you

he has a curtain over her portrait

jealous

possesive

even in death he is controlling and have her under his power

spot of joy

she blushed as the monk was painting her

he cannot deal with this as he thinks that only he should make her blush, possessive

was the monk flirting with her?

he mantle laps over my ladys wrist too much

the monk was flirting wit her

how does he know this, spying?

he does not like this

things that she likes and he cannot stand that she could like things other than him as he is so possessive

droping of the daylight

cherries

white mule

rode around the terrace

she thanked men.... ranked my gift of a 900 year old name

he cannot deal with the fact she is thanking and liking other men that are not him

sense of entitlement

she his 'gift' on the same level as other gifts

her obedience

her thanks

her love

which i have not

he is saying that he is not good at speaking

false modesty

he clearly is articulate

he has spoken a whole speech n rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter

much the same smile

she smiles at other men the same way she smiles at him

he cannot stand this

he is talking to am emissary that is representing the count who is the fate of the dukes new wife, he is here to discuss the dowry that is going to come with the new wife

this grew;gave commands;then all smiles stopped together

semi colon shows a clear link between each event and action

he had her killed

notice neptune, though, taming a sea horse.

my object

he is showing off his statue

metaphorically, he is controlling the delicate and fragile wife he is about to take

structure

no stanzas

iambic pentameter

rhyming couplets

unchanging

he will continue this way with his new wife

56 lines

no change

barley pauses for breath

in control

dominant

no variation

attempt to make it more like natural + asides

5 strong, 5 weak

controlled, as he controls his wife