My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "The Colonel" by Carolyn Force are two poems written a century apart, but are alike and different in several ways. ... He also receives money through his previous marriage to the Duchess. ...

• Word Count: 660
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Robert Browning's poem "My last Duchess- is spoken from the perspective of the Duke and conveys the Dukes personality through the literary form of a dramatic monologue. ... The reader is directed to imagine the Duke walking with the envoy through his art gallery and the Duke stops to show him a painting of his last Duchess that is presently covered by a curtain. ... "As if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name with anybody's gift- (32-34). ... Robert Browning's poem "My last Duchess- is spoken from the perspective of the Duke and conveys the Dukes personality throu...

• Word Count: 2454
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School