My Last Duchess (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Author of 'My Last Duchess'
Author of 'My Last Duchess'
Robert Browning
Genre of 'My Last Duchess'
Genre of 'My Last Duchess'
Dramatic monologue
Speaker in 'My Last Duchess'
Speaker in 'My Last Duchess'
Duke of Ferrara
3 themes in 'My Last Duchess'
3 themes in 'My Last Duchess'
Power, control, jealousy
What Duke shows visitor
What Duke shows visitor
Painting of his late wife
Rhyme scheme in 'My Last Duchess'
Rhyme scheme in 'My Last Duchess'
Rhyming couplets (AABB)
'Looking as if she were alive' - technique used
'Looking as if she were alive' - technique used
Dramatic irony
'Nine-hundred-years-old name' - technique
'Nine-hundred-years-old name' - technique
Metaphor
'Bough of cherries' imagery reveals Duke's...
'Bough of cherries' imagery reveals Duke's...
Jealousy
'I gave commands' - technique used
'I gave commands' - technique used
Repetition
What 'all smiles stopped together' implies
What 'all smiles stopped together' implies
Duke ordered Duchess's death
Neptune taming sea-horse symbolises...
Neptune taming sea-horse symbolises...
Control and dominance
Effect of rhyming couplets
Effect of rhyming couplets
Mirrors Duke's desire for control
Effect of enjambment in poem
Effect of enjambment in poem
Reflects Duke's obsessive nature