my last duchess 2

"My Last Duchess" By: Robert Browning "My Last Duchess" is one of the more recognized poems written by Robert Browning. Robert Browning was a Victorian writer born in 1812 and died in 1889. He is remembered today through the inspiring words of this dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess". The setting of the poem is the residence of the Duke of Ferrara. The speaker and narrator of the poem is the Duke. "My Last Duchess" is a conversation …

…were not lovely enough to stand on its own merit, the Duke must mention its creator. The comment is thrown as if a passing "toss of the hair" might have been from his late wife. And so, the Duke held malice and contempt for his late Duchess, finding considerable fault in her materialistic nature. But, as is usually the case one can find fault in the ones surrounding without seeing that same fault in oneself.