My Last Dutches

Question 1

“Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule”(my last Dutches)

Answer 1

He is angry that she would find the same level of joy in the expensive gift he brought her and the cheap or simple gifts of the poor or nature. Angry at his lack of control. He JUXTAPOSED the two things through IRONY is that his are without sincerity

Question 2

“As if alive. Will’s please you rise we’ll meet”(my last Dutches)

Answer 2

Her in a painting satisfies him as much as she did in real life, as a possession. The question shows a change of tone to return to the civil and polite way in the start. This helps give the poem a circular structure