Comparing Poe's Poems My Last Duchess And Annabel Lee

painting was very life-like. However, it has been juxtaposed by the last sentence; “The Count your master’s known munificence”. The noun, ‘munificence’ suggests the Duke being generous and it contrasts with his original behaviour of executing his previous wife. Unlike the Duke, the knight in ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ is not able to love again as the last stanza repeats much of the first stanza, “Through the sedge is withered from the lake, And no birds sing”. At the end, the simple sentence reminds us that he has been heartbroken and creates a sense of silence for both the reader and the knight.

Additionally, “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about one of Poe’s wife who married him at the age of thirteen. The poem is about a beautiful woman who had died too suddenly. It also celebrates childlike emotions from the Romantic era. At the start of the poem, couple of noun phrases such as, “many a

Browning’s use of dramatic monologue in the poem reflects on his love of European culture and history. The poem is set in a private art gallery which is located in the palace of the Duke of Ferrara during the mid-sixteenth-century of Renaissance Italy. This was the time of the Victorian’s unjust and patriarchal society. The poem shows a Duke talking about his previous wife, who has now died. Within the social hierarchies during the Victorian Era, it is clear that the Duke’s power is authoritative as he can easily hire expensive artists due to his family name and his current wealth. During a guest visit, the Duke constantly commands several actions, this reinforces his place in the house as he re-establishes his position of a patriarchal figure at the top of the social hierarchy. The Duke keeps the image of his previous wife; the Duchess, hidden from everyone. As he does not like to mention situations from his previous life. However, he is able to reveal the painting to whom he