My Last Duchess And Pophyria's Lover Analysis

Poetry has had an immense impact on our society today. Obviously there are some big names that have come up from poetry writings in our past. A lot of famous poems have popped up as well. Robert Browning was a name that really stood out. He is now one of the most important poets of the Victorian era. After not having much success in the beginning of his writing career, a spark was ignited at the death of his wife. This is when he began to write on a very intellectual level. He became extremely famous for his dramatic monologues, this is what many of his poems were portraying. His poetry was unconventional, his style was very unique compared to others. It was very much of a down-to-earth style rather than the normal poetic language. Two of the more notable poems that he wrote were My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. These were the poems that really tested the intellectual level of people, it made everyone begin …show more content…
In My Last Duchess you listen to the speaker of the story talking to someone, you don’t know who he is talking to either. As you read on you are baffled by what he is saying. You can’t really grasp whether this girl is around or not around. He then says, “This grew; I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together.” (Lines 45-46) This statement blows you away when you read it. You realize he, either directly or indirectly, got rid of her so to speak. The same thing happens in Porphyria’s Lover. The speaker is sitting there, not doing anything, and Porphyria shows up. You don’t really get what he is saying at first but then it hits you like a brick wall. The speaker then decides on what to do, “…I found a thing to do, and all her hair in one long yellow string I wound three times her little throat around, and strangled her.” (Lines 37-41) I think this is the most clear and major similarity between the two poems. In both poems the girl is killed in some