... a higher understanding of his intent. Robert Browning has a distinctive way of writing poetry; he uses many poetic devices to express what may be his own feelings. In "Porphyria's Lover" and "My last Duchess" he incorporates the use of a narrator in the first person. In each poem the narrator delivers a dramatic monologue to an implied audience. By using this form, he is able to ... society views this in a negative way. As Cathleen Ross put it, Porphyria lives in a society that discourages both sexual passion and the desire for agency (Ross 4). Also in "My Last Duchess", the Duke punish...

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... shock them in a different, more unique way. Because of this, violence and sex had become symbols of the time in most writing. Browning's two poems where this is shown are "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover." In order for these poems to have a greater effect on the reader, Browning uses the dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is a poem with a speaker, who is not the ... speaker is talking to an implied audience who, while having no speech, is clearly present at the scene. The speaker addresses no one specifically, instead the speaker just thinks aloud. "My Last Duchess" is loo...

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... 's lover. He seems quiet but very possessive and maybe slightly mad, although his feelings are explored thoroughly throughout. Happy and proud; at last I knew Porphyria worshipped me; Line 32/33 That moment she was mine, mine... Line 36 This last line shows his almost mad obsession with Porphyria. The theme of Porphyria's Lover is love and the distinction between love and obsession ... a man for murdering his partner, or he may just be mocking the very idea of God. Quite a few of Robert Browning's poems are about women. Such as The Lost Mistress', My Last Duchess' and Porphyria's Lover. ...

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