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  1. There are twenty-nine rhymed couplets in the "My Last Duchess” rhyme system, although there are no recurring rhymes. The rhyming scheme is therefore aabbccddeeffgghhkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzzaaaabbbb.   My Last Duchess Summary

    There are twenty-nine rhymed couplets in the “My Last Duchess” rhyme system, although there are no recurring rhymes. The rhyming scheme is therefore aabbccddeeffgghhkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzzaaaabbbb.

     

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  1. Assonance: Assonance is the repeating of the same vowel sound inside a single line. The poem's line "Her wits to your, forsooth, and manufactured excuses" employs assonance. The sound /o/ is repeated in this line, whereas /o/ and /i/ are repeated in the phrase that follows, "Of mine for dowry will bRead more

    1. Assonance: Assonance is the repeating of the same vowel sound inside a single line. The poem’s line “Her wits to your, forsooth, and manufactured excuses” employs assonance. The sound /o/ is repeated in this line, whereas /o/ and /i/ are repeated in the phrase that follows, “Of mine for dowry will be banned.”
    2. Consonance: Consonance is the repeating of the same consonant sound inside a single line. Together down, sir. is where the poem’s /t/ sound is repeated. But take notice of Neptune. The repeat of the /n/ sound in the line “The Count your master’s known munificence” similarly uses consonance.
    3. Simile: The explicit comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as” is called a simile. In the poem, the simile is used in the following line: “That’s my last duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive.” In this line, the poet compares a dead person to her painting by using the word “as”.

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  1. Robert Browning's frightening poem "My Last Duchess" explores the significance of women in a duke's life. The speaker of the poem informs the reader in the opening lines that an emissary is present and attempting to persuade the Duke to enter into a new marriage. He also talks about how a picture ofRead more

    Robert Browning’s frightening poem “My Last Duchess” explores the significance of women in a duke’s life. The speaker of the poem informs the reader in the opening lines that an emissary is present and attempting to persuade the Duke to enter into a new marriage. He also talks about how a picture of his late wife served as inspiration for his subsequent marriage. He implies that she did something wrong and that he didn’t like how she was acting. Finally, the Duchess died and now the Duke is left to choose a new bride
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