My Last Duchess Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
- possessive pronoun
- unnamed, impersonal
A
That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall
2
Q
- objectifying
- hubristic, dictatorial
A
Will’t you please sit and look at her
3
Q
- worth accredited to artist
A
‘Fra Pandolf’ by design
4
Q
- refers to himself in 3rd person
- marriage contract, not relationship
- jealousy
A
Not // Her husband’s presence only…
5
Q
- harsh and unfeeling
- alludes to her death
A
Half-flush that dies along her throat
6
Q
- objectification
- he appreciates her looks only
A
There she stands // as if alive
7
Q
- cyclical structure: art
- imposed control, treats her as an animal
A
Notice Neptune, though, // taming a sea-horse
8
Q
- unsettling shift to exclamatory tone
- materialistic appreciation
A
Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
9
Q
- arrogance
- status
A
as if she ranked / My nine-hundred-years-old name/ with anybody’s gift
10
Q
form and structure
A
- iambic pentameter: crafted to sound conversational, yet the one-sided speaker and heroic couplets presents him as planned and unfeeling
- heroic couplets: planned, premeditated, cold and unpassionate
11
Q
comparisons
A
- ozymandias
- London
