My Last Duchess" is a poem that was written by Robert Browning. It is often referred to as a dramatic monologue because the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara,reveals he felt the woman he married was beneath him in intelligence and socia l<span>standing.</span>
A dramatic monologue is a poem in the form of a speech made by an imaginative person created by the author. This narrative style normally reveals details of this imaginative person while he or she is describing a particular situation.
In "My Last Dutchess", the reader comes to know the Duke of Ferrara at a historical and psychological level, as sinister details about his actions and behavior are revealed throughout the poem.
