Shakespeare employs a number of literary devices in this sonnet to convey his message. The use of rhetorical questions in the first line creates a sense of tension and anticipation, and it sets the tone for the rest of the poem. The repetition of the word "subject" throughout the sonnet e...
In "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, why does he change the subject to Claus of Innsbruck?"My Last Duchess":In "My Last Duchess", the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara, spends the poem discussing a painting of his former wife. The poem eventually reveals that the...