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1
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When was it written?

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1842

2
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Who wrote this poem?

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Robert Browning

3
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What happens at the start of the poem?

A

The Duke of Ferrara proudly points out a portrait of his late wife to his visitor

4
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What does the Duke start reminiscing about?

A

About the portrait sessions, although this gives way to bitter thoughts about her ‘disgraceful behaviour’

5
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What did the Duke claim about her?

A

That she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his gift of a 900 year old name

6
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What is there a suggestion of in the poem?

A

That he killed her

7
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What form is the poem in?

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Dramatic monologue written in iambic pentameter

8
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What do the rhyming couplets reflect?

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The Duke’s tight control over everything

9
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What is the context of the poem?

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The Renaissance was a time of when debauched men like the Duke asserted their authority

10
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What is the quote starting with, “None put…”?

A

“None puts by the curtain I have drawn, but I”

11
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What is the quote starting with, “Calling up…”?

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“Calling up that spot of joy”

12
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What is the quote starting with, “She dad…”?

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“She had a heart…too soon made glad”

13
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What is the quote starting with, “She liked…”?

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“She liked whate’er she looked on”

14
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What is the quote starting with, “She thank…”?

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“She thanked men…I know not how”

15
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What is the quote starting with, “My gift…”?

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“My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name”

16
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What is the quote starting with, “I gave…”?

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“I gave commands, / Then all smiles stopped”

17
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What is the quote starting with, “Even…”?

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“Even had you skill in speech (I have not)”

18
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What is the quote starting with, “Notice…”?

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“Notice Neptune, / Taming a sea horse”

19
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How is the Duke’s arrogance shown?

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When he talks about his late wife and his possessions

20
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What did the Duke treat his wife as?

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One of his possessions - she was treated like an object, not a person