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My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

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Author Biography

Name: Robert Browning
Birth Date: May 7, 1812
Death Date: December 12, 1889
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: Venice, Italy
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet

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Biography of Robert Browning
1152 words, approx. 3.8 pages
The English poet Robert Browning (1812-1889) is best known for his dramatic monologues. By vividly portraying a central character against a social background, these poems probe complex human motives in a variety of historical periods. Robert Browning was...
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Biography of Robert Browning
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Robert Browning, with Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is considered one of the two major poets of the Victorian age. His life (1812-1889) and the chronological span of his publishing career (from Pauline in 1833 to Asolando in 1889) place him firmly in the contex...
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Biography of Robert Browning
10821 words, approx. 36.1 pages
Robert Browning , with Alfred Lord Tennyson, is considered one of the two major poets of the Victorian age. His life (1812-1889) and the chronological span of his publishing career (from Pauline in 1833 to Asolando in 1889) place him firmly in the contex...
 


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“My Last Duchess” and Other Poems Summary
5,195 words, approx. 17 pages
“My Last Duchess” and Other Poems by Robert Browning Born in Camberwell, London, in 1812, Robert Browning was the son of a bank clerk, a learned man who kept an extensive library. Browning attended a boarding school near Camberwell as a...
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My Last Duchess Information
1,074 words, approx. 4 pages
"My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic...


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Browning's "My Last Duchess": paragon and parergon. (poet Robert Browning)
01/01/1996: 6,286 words, approx. 21 pages
Many readings of Robert Browning's 'The Last Duchess' have indicated that this poem, which is a dramatic model of excellence, more than just affects or rivets the attention of its readers. The dramatic monologue also sketches a verbal picture for its readers through the...
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John Betjeman's "Bristol and Clifton": echoes of Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess".(Essays)
06/22/2006: 1,648 words, approx. 6 pages
A significant number of John Betjeman's poems are dramatic monologues in the mode of Tennyson or Browning, and although Tennyson's influence on Betjeman has often been noted, that of Browning has not. (1) Quite a few of Betjeman's poems are, in fact, written...
 


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Romantic Relationships and Rhyming Schemes in pre-20th century poetry.
2,127 words, approx. 7 pages
Analysis of the romantic relationships and the rhyming structure of four pre-20th century poems: "Remember" by Christina Rossetti; "How do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning; and "A Woman to Her Lover" by Christina Walsh.
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"My Last Duchess", Summary and Analysis
1,892 words, approx. 6 pages
Evaluates Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess." Discusses how the use of the dramatic monologue makes the subject (the Duke) tell a story while, at the same time, unintentionally and ironically revealing unflattering characteristics about himself. Examines how Browning uses diction and imagery to further reveal the character of the Duke.
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Types of Love in Pre-1914 Poetry
1,855 words, approx. 6 pages
Descriptions of types of love in three poems: "How do I love thee?", by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; "First love", by John Clare, and "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning. These poems' love themes look at romantic love, obsessive love, and unrequited love.
 


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