Compare 'my last Duchess' With 'Porphyria's Lover', taking into consideration subject and theme, setting and atmosphere and the choice and arrangements of the words.

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Compare 'my last Duchess' With 'Porphyria's Lover', taking into consideration subject and theme, setting and atmosphere and the choice and arrangements of the words.

Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812 in Camberwell. The majority of his education came from his father who worked as a bank clerk. In 1828 he enrolled at the university of London, but soon left as he found he was happier learning at his own pace. Robert tried to become a playwright as well as a poet but he was unsuccessful. In 1846 Robert Browning married Elizabeth Barrett who was also a poet. He settled down with her in Florence, but then moved to London when she died in 1861. It was then that he wrote some of his finest poetry.

Both 'Porphyrias Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' are written in single stanza form but have a different rhyme scheme, 'My Last Duchess' is written in heroic couplets making it sound more rhythmic and methodical whereas 'Porphyrias lover' is written in the rhyme scheme:

A-B-A-B-B-A with eight syllables per line and 'My Last Duchess' has 10 syllables per line. Both poems are written as a monologue and from the