In the dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess", The only speaker is the <span>Duke of Ferrara. The listener is offstage who remained silent during the whole poem. This poem is written by Robert Browning who wrote poetry with the purpose to explore the heart and mind. </span>
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The answer is C: It compares the stars' reflections to diamonds to suggest the idea of beauty in nature.
The metaphor used here, in poetic terms, is stating that, as the stars reflect on the surface of the ocean, one can marvel at the beauty of such an occurrence in nature, and since the image shows not the influence of man on the occurrence, it is then perfectly comprehensible to interpret the metaphor as one referring to the beauty in nature.
The Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) is an ancient Chinese philosophical and moral text often attributed to Laozi (or Lao-tzu), "the old master". The verse can be difficult to understand; many people have spent their entire lives dedicated to the study of the Tao Te Ching to no avail, but some have succeeded in forming basic theories.
