my last duchess

Question 1

'’notice neptune, though, taming a sea-horse thought a rarity’’

Answer 1

‘neptune’ metaphor he sees himself as godlike. men are gods that must ‘tame their wives’ . shows excessive hubris and pride of duke, symbolic statue of dominion over smth once beautiful and far less powerful than himself.

entire poem ab ownership of women as art objects.

‘rarity’ he recognises statue’s uniqueness and individuallity but not his own wife’s