The Dutch and His Control
In the poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, Browning uses a particular imagery to create an image in the readers mind, to create a more imaginative and mysterious read. His style makes this poem easy to read and understand, but he also doesn’t come straight out with things so that you have room to think and create your own scene.
Throughout the poem, Browning uses diction to support imagery. For example, when Browning writes, “I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together,” (Browning) and this piece shows imagery by telling the audience how the duke felt, and the consequence of an action “all smiles stopped together,” but it doesn’t tell Pandolf what his actions were to make all of smiles stop. “.. statement superficially correct but whose negative phrasing forces a misconception.” (Miller 1) writes to show how Browning can be misleading or tricky but making his words hard to think through, leading you to different ideas.
Browning also uses symbolism. He adds symbolism all …show more content…
In this particular poem, Browning has a very dark mood, but tries to cover it up with light phrases. Browning says “.. faint/Half¬flush that dies along her throat.” then goes on to say “spot of joy” to mislead and make you think. Both of these saying on a lot of mood and emotion in them. “..he cannot conquer his wife to lie behind these details.” (Butler), this being said from Lance Butler, meaning, the Duke was evil, he was mean and wanted control, but he put a smile on his face and would only ever hint.
My Last Duchess is full of mood, symbolism, diction and hidden messages. Browning wanted the readers to have to look deeper into the poem, to have to think about what they’re reading. The duke is a character that is full of hidden messages and that makes him mysterious. The poem was very well written, and Brownings style really completed the
In the poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, Browning uses a particular imagery to create an image in the readers mind, to create a more imaginative and mysterious read. His style makes this poem easy to read and understand, but he also doesn’t come straight out with things so that you have room to think and create your own scene.
Throughout the poem, Browning uses diction to support imagery. For example, when Browning writes, “I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together,” (Browning) and this piece shows imagery by telling the audience how the duke felt, and the consequence of an action “all smiles stopped together,” but it doesn’t tell Pandolf what his actions were to make all of smiles stop. “.. statement superficially correct but whose negative phrasing forces a misconception.” (Miller 1) writes to show how Browning can be misleading or tricky but making his words hard to think through, leading you to different ideas.
Browning also uses symbolism. He adds symbolism all …show more content…
In this particular poem, Browning has a very dark mood, but tries to cover it up with light phrases. Browning says “.. faint/Half¬flush that dies along her throat.” then goes on to say “spot of joy” to mislead and make you think. Both of these saying on a lot of mood and emotion in them. “..he cannot conquer his wife to lie behind these details.” (Butler), this being said from Lance Butler, meaning, the Duke was evil, he was mean and wanted control, but he put a smile on his face and would only ever hint.
My Last Duchess is full of mood, symbolism, diction and hidden messages. Browning wanted the readers to have to look deeper into the poem, to have to think about what they’re reading. The duke is a character that is full of hidden messages and that makes him mysterious. The poem was very well written, and Brownings style really completed the