National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Browning's "My Last Duchess" and Dramatic Monologue
Reading Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," young scholars will explore the use of dramatic monologue as a poetic form, where the speaker often reveals far more than intended. The students will later write their own dramatic...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Sir Thomas Wyatt
This resource reveals that Sir Thomas Wyatt was a pioneer in bringing to English poetry the new forms of the Italian Renaissance, especially the Petrarchan sonnet. Related resources and links.