"My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics.[1] The poem is composed in 28 rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter (heroic couplet).
In the first edition of Dramatic Lyrics, the poem was merely titled "Italy".
- ^ Allingham, Philip V. "Applying Modern Critical Theory to Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess"". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 16 December 2009., Note 16-C