Porphyrias Lover - Form

Question 1

Iambic Tetrameter

Answer 1

1 - Rhyme Scheme is unevenly weighted, with ABABB, CDCDD, EFEFF, makes the speaker sound delirious and disjointed in his ways

2 - Although, it follows an unsettling regularity, mirror the calculated and disturbing nature of the speaker, his murder may be seen as a deliberate act to obtain perminant control over her - emphasised through the couplet at the end of the poem - he has control over his words

Question 2

Dramatic Monologue

Answer 2

1 - subjugation is emphasised as she is only portrayed through the twisted lens of the speaker’s mind. - her portrayal emphasis the lack of agency and too forces the reader to view her in this way.