Question

In “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, why did the poet use run-on lines? to express long, complex ideas and emotions to show that the duke prevents the agent from speaking to convey that the duke belongs to the upper class to give the duke’s words the natural rhythm of conversation

Answer 1

Answer: to express long, complex ideas and emotions

Explanation: In "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, the poet uses run-on lines to express long, complex ideas and emotions. Enjambment  is a literary device that occurs when a verse does not end at the end of the line but runs on to the following line. There is no punctuation mark at the end of the line. This poem is a single long stanza. This suggests fluency and the capacity of expressing long and complex ideas and emotions.

Answer 2

“My Last Duchess” is actually a poem that was written by Robert Browning. And based on this poem, the reason as to why run-on lines were being used by the author is to express long, complex ideas and emotions. The best answer for this is the first option. Hope this helps.