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My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
The speaker (the Duke of Ferrara) directs the attention of a guest to a painting of his former wife, the Duchess of Ferrara, which hangs on the wall. The duke’s treatment of the painting reflects his treatment of women as objects to be owned. 

POEM: "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Videos

'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning - Poem Analysis

Here's a detailed breakdown of Robert Browning's poem 'My Last Duchess' - including analysis, poetic devices, structure/form points, context and exploration of themes!

SOURCE: Scribbly (2020), posted on YouTube, Duration: 33:31 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/ID9AK4EzcQk

Context "My Last Duchess by R. Browning

Miss Nelson takes you through the context for Robert Browning's poem 'My Last Duchess'.

SOURCE: Thorns Collegiate Academy English Dept. (2018), posted on YouTube, Duration: 5:27 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/6NZMF50jl1w

Robert Browning - My Last Duchess - Analysis. Poetry Lecture by Dr. Andrew Barker

A widowed Duke about to meet his new bride stops a messenger on the stairs to reveal a portrait --thus begins Browning's tale of jealousy and homicide. What type of woman was the last Duchess? What type of man is the Duke who speaks the poem to the messenger, and us? The lecture takes us through the Duke's complaints against his previous wife to show us the psychology of the man giving us the information, a man from who the statement, "I gave commands, then all smiles stopped together," is chillingly psychotic.

SOURCE: Mycroftlectures (2014), posted on YouTube, Duration: 46:08 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/qlJhrfUaqGU 

My Last Duchess

A performance of Robert Browning's Poem 'My Last Duchess.' A smug and pompous Duke describes the faults of his last Duchess while planning a new marriage. Performed by Ed Peed as the Duke. Douglas G. Griffin as the Guest. Produced for the myStanza.com media library. © by Farrellmedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

SOURCE: mystanza (2013), posted on YouTube, Duration: 4:43 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/RbTHQjobJlM