Compare the two poems ‘Porphyria's Lover' and ‘My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning. What do they reveal about attitudes to women and relationships in the nineteenth century?



Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century. In 1842, he published ‘Dramatic Lyrics' which included the two poems ‘Porphyria's Lover' and ‘My Last Duchess'. In ‘Porphyria's Lover' Browning gives the reader a dramatic insight into the twisted mind of an abnormally possessive lover, who wishes the moment of love to last forever. In this essay, ‘Porphyria's Lover' will be compared to Robert Browning's other dramatic monologue, ‘My Last Duchess', where an Italian aristocrat reveals his cruelty to his late wife whilst showing off a portrait of her to one of his guests.



Robert Browning's poems ‘Porphyria's Lover' and ‘My Last Duchess' were both written in the form of a dramatic monologue. Both poems show a similarity because they are both......

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Title: Porphyria's Lover And My Last Duchess
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