"My Last Duchess" is an exploration of abnormal psychology and human evil in sense, when Browning lets us see the evil behind the mask by lettering the speaker condemn himself. He is shown to be a warped individual due to the Duke’s callous declaration. As the story unfolds, we can almost not believe our ears and if the author wrote the story in third person, it wouldn’t have been so effective.
- repetition is definitely one, there are lots are parts that repeat but the last two lines are an example
- hyperbole in parts like "just like we always talked about" bc they didn't literally always talk about
- assonance, i believe not 100% on this one, in the red lights stop signs part bc the 's' sound repeats
- rhyme is also in there like the two lines "who always made me doubt" and "she's everything i'm insecure about"
if these don't work let me know and i'll try to find more !
hope this helps !!
The correct answer is: A. Dramatic irony.
Negative connotation refers to a meaning that is implied and is not the literal meaning of the word or phrase. Metaphor is an implied comparison between two things that are not related. Personification on the other hand refers to the association of a nature or human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.
