The duke exercises his power, but the other speaker is powerless
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both the poem have been written by Robert Browning dealing with the theme of love , but totally in different aspects.
In the poem “My Last Duchess” Robert Browning tells about a Duke who killed his wife because he was obsessed with easy and free nature.
The poem “Life in a Love” highlights the poet’s intense love for his beloved. He very well understands that even if she disagrees to accept his love, he will keep her loving and will accept it as his fate.
If you think about theme and understand what it is then you read the paragraph or sentence that you are reading then you will know exactly the theme of the story.
henry's view of reconcilling with the british is Words from a speech by Patrick Henry urging the American colonies to revolt against England. Henry spoke only a few weeks before the Revolutionary War began: “Gentlemen may cry Peace, Peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun.