Sunday, June 2, 2019
Compare and contrast what the poems My Last Duchess and The Laboratory :: English Literature
Compare and contrast what the poems My stretch forth Duchess and The laboratory are saying about human relationships.Compare and contrast what the poems My Last Duchess and TheLaboratory are saying about human relationships and how the poetmakes the poems interesting.The laboratory is about a woman wanting to poison/ kill her rivals soshe can be the kings mistress. My Last Duchess is about a mandescribing his ending Duchess, and how the painter flirted with her, hedescribes her features that show the painter was flirting with her.Both The Laboratory and My Last Duchess are of anger andresentment, in The Laboratory it is the discarded mistress who isjealous about other women flirting and dancing with the King, and inMy Last Duchess it is of the Duke, and he is showing dis-pleasure inthe way the his last Duchess conducted herself with other men.The quotes that back these up are, In the Laboratory.Soon at the Kings, a mere lozenge to giveAnd Pauline should have just 30 minutesto liv eBut to light a pastille, and Elise, with herhead,And her breast and her arms and her handsshould drop deadand in My Last Duchess it was Too easily strike she likewhateer.The writer in the poems are trying to say relationships break down forone reason or another, in these cases its infidelity, one personcasting off someone for others, and in The Laboratory she isfascinated with the process of how the alchemist makes the poisons,she thinks the poisons are beautiful, but they are very deadly, she exercises beautiful words to make the poisons reckon beautiful e.g. And yonder soft phial, the exquisite blue,sure to taste sweet,- is that poison too.She wants the poisons to be quick and effective, and if they suffer itwould be a bonus.The poets wrote them this way because they are ballade, and use rhymeand rhythm almost as if telling a story, the poets use alliterationwhich is the poison to poison her prithee and onomatopoeia Grind,Mash, Pound and in My Last Duchess he uses similes lo ok as if she
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