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Explain the historical events described in the
poem My Last Duchess.
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which historical poem please
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This poem is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso, the Duke of Ferrara, who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem, and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke's marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family. "My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is written in 28 rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter. In the poem, the Duke of Ferrara uses a painting of his former wife as a conversation piece. The Duke speaks about his former wife's perceived inadequacies to a representative of the family of his bride-to-be, revealing his obsession with controlling others in the process. Robert Browning's poem “My Last Duchess” was based on an actual event. My Last Duchess” is a dramatic monologue in which the Duke of Ferrara tells the messenger of his potential wife's family about his previous wife, the “last” duchess of the poem's title. ... Throughout the poem, the duke reveals his belief that women are objects to be controlled, possessed, and discarded. The poem is a dramatic monologue whose narrator shows extreme control of the conversation (the entire thing is in iambic pentameter). The Duchess was respectful and appeared to be very nice to the Duke, but the Duke, according to his own words, was not the only source of her joy. She found pleasure in nature and people who would do small favors for her, etc. The Duke was not her only source of joy--therefore he ordered her to be killed. Major Themes in “My Last Duchess”: Jealousy, hatred, and power are the major themes of this poem. Browning has presented the character of a duke who wants to rule his woman with an iron fist. He talks about his late wife and details the reasons why he did not like her.
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