Entry 5

[jrice5]

Jordan Rice

ENGL 1302.P15

2/25/11

His Last Duchess

The Last Duchess by Robert Browning is an interesting dramatic poem written entirely in dialogue. It gives an interesting perspective as he tells his story of his portrait depicting his former wife “looking as if she were alive” (Browning). He immediately begins to both ask and answer why the duchess

Comments

[laxguru92]

Good analysis! Yeah I read this poem last year in high school. I didn't understand it at all when I read it the first time. After we went over it in class our analysis was the exact same as yours. So very good for you. No teacher's help haha :)