Compare 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning
'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' are very similar. They are poems about love, obsession and tragedy. The two men are very obsessed with women who were in their lives. You could describe both men as being possessive, demanding and controlling. They seem to think they have the power of god.
Both poems are single stanzas. They are single stanzas because they are single developments of a theme.
They are very dramatic monologues told from the male's point of view. Seeing the story from the male's point of view, you see the jealousy of the men.
"...not the first are you to turn and ask thus..." This is from My Last Duchess and shows that many people have asked him of his jealousy and his obsession.
"To set its struggling passion free from pride, and vainer ties dissever" This is from Porphyria's Lover. This tells that the man wants to set they love free and be together without any problems.
The love in Porphyria's Lover is possessive and passionate. "That moment she was mine, mine..." Here shows that he is very possessive because he is saying Porphyria is all his and no one else's."... at last I knew Porphyria worshiped me..." again he is very possessive and he is saying she worships me and now I'm her master.
'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' are very similar. They are poems about love, obsession and tragedy. The two men are very obsessed with women who were in their lives. You could describe both men as being possessive, demanding and controlling. They seem to think they have the power of god.
Both poems are single stanzas. They are single stanzas because they are single developments of a theme.
They are very dramatic monologues told from the male's point of view. Seeing the story from the male's point of view, you see the jealousy of the men.
"...not the first are you to turn and ask thus..." This is from My Last Duchess and shows that many people have asked him of his jealousy and his obsession.
"To set its struggling passion free from pride, and vainer ties dissever" This is from Porphyria's Lover. This tells that the man wants to set they love free and be together without any problems.
The love in Porphyria's Lover is possessive and passionate. "That moment she was mine, mine..." Here shows that he is very possessive because he is saying Porphyria is all his and no one else's."... at last I knew Porphyria worshiped me..." again he is very possessive and he is saying she worships me and now I'm her master.
