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By what means and how effectively does the poem present the monologist?
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Robert Browning - By what means and how effectively does the poem present the monologist? Robert browning was a poet writing from 1812 to 1889. In his poem, 'My Last Duchess', there is a story of love and loss told to us by a single narrator, the Duke. This dramatic monologue talks of the marriage of 'Alfonzo Duke of Ferrara' and the fourteen year old daughter of the 'Medici' household, in Italy, 1558. We obtain a direct insight in to the thoughts of our monologist, regarding his relationship with the girl in question, as he tells his story to whom we later come to assume is the envoy acting on behalf of a Count, in who's daughter the Duke has shown an interest. The Duke first introduces us to the lady in question in his referral to her as 'My last Duchess'. Immediately we learn that the Duchess may no longer be...
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