Type Of Narrative Poem example essay topic

The Jealous Husband That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Fr'a Pandolf's hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. 5 Will't please you sit and look at her? I said Fr'a Pandolf'; by design, for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by 10 The curtain I have drawn for you, but I) And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst, How such a glance came there; so, not the first Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, 'twas not Her husband's presence only, called that spot 15 Of joy into the Duchess's cheek: perhaps Fr'a Pandolf chanced to say 'Her mantle laps Over my lady's wrist too much,' ; or 'Paint Must never hope to reproduce the faint Half-flush that dies along her throat'; : such stuff 20 Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough For calling up that spot of joy. She had heart - how shall I say? - too soon made glad, Too easily impressed; she liked what " erS he looked on, and her looks went everywhere.

25 Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace - all and each 30 Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least. She thanked men - good! but thanked Somehow - I know not how - as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's gift. Who'd stoop to blame 35 This sort of trifling? Even had you skill In speech - (which I have not) - to make your will Quite clear to such an one, and say, 'Just this Or that in you disgust me; here you miss, Or there exceed the mark'; - and if she let 40 Herself be lesson ed so, nor plainly set Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse - E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, When " er I passed her; but who passed without 45 Much the same smile?

This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands As if alive. Will't please you rise? We " ll meet The company below, then. I repeat, The Count your master's known munificence 50 Is ample warrant that no just pretense Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed At starting, is my object. Nay, we " ll go Together down, sir.

Notice Neptune, though, 55 Taming a sea horse, thought a rarity, Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me! (Applebee, 855). ' Robert Browning was raised near London and lived with his parents until he got married at age 34. His real education took place at home where he was tutored in many broad subjects.

At 21 years old he published his first poem, 'Pauline. ' ; This poem was said to have displayed too much emotion. He promised that all future poems would be free from personal feelings. At this time he started writing plays and dramatic mono logs. His plays were not liked and for many years critics thought his poems were too difficult to read. After his wife (Elizabeth Barrett) died, he wrote 'The Ring and The Book,' ; a series of dramatic mono logs that made him famous.

' ; (Applebee, 860) 'A narrative poem tells a story'; (Applebee, 1342), and a simple narrative is a type of narrative poem that has 'a simple outline: The story, the plot, and the storyteller'; (unc p. edu). In the poem 'My Last Duchess'; the end of the lines (wall / call /hands / stands /said / read ) show that they rhyme scheme is aa, bb, cc, etc. Figurative Language is 'a type of language that varies from the norms of literal language, in which words mean exactly what they say'; (unc p. edu), a simile 'There she stands / As if alive'; (Lines 46-47) and a metaphor 'here you miss, Or there exceed the mark'; (Lines 38-39). The simile points out that the Duchess is no longer alive. When the Duke says missing or exceeding the 'mark'; , it is a metaphor for archery.

There are some examples of sound devices such as the alliteration of 'Notice and 'Neptune'; in line 54 and 'she smiled'; in line 43. The Duke thinks that the Duchess should be happy with the things he gives her, 'My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name'; (line 33), because it's what he views as important and valuable, but all she really wants is companionship, as shown in lines 25-34 'Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace - all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least. ' ; Browning's message is that love doesn't need to be expressed through material things and 'nine-hundred-years-old'; names, but through actions; paying attention to one another and doing things that the better half likes to do.