My Last Duchess
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"My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue poem by Robert Browning in which a Duke chillingly reveals his controlling and jealous nature while describing a portrait of his late wife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Last Duchess canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2625604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Last Duchess Context triple: [Robert Browning, notableWork, My Last Duchess]
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A.
La Fornarina
La Fornarina is a famous Renaissance portrait painting by Raphael, believed to depict his lover and celebrated for its sensuality and enigmatic subject.
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B.
The Lovers on the Bridge
The Lovers on the Bridge is a 1991 French romantic drama film directed by Leos Carax, noted for its intense love story between two homeless Parisians and its famously extravagant production.
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C.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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D.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
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E.
Musee des Beaux Arts
"Musée des Beaux Arts" is a reflective poem by W. H. Auden that meditates on human indifference to others' suffering, inspired by paintings in a Belgian art museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Last Duchess Target entity description: "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue poem by Robert Browning in which a Duke chillingly reveals his controlling and jealous nature while describing a portrait of his late wife.
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A.
La Fornarina
La Fornarina is a famous Renaissance portrait painting by Raphael, believed to depict his lover and celebrated for its sensuality and enigmatic subject.
-
B.
The Lovers on the Bridge
The Lovers on the Bridge is a 1991 French romantic drama film directed by Leos Carax, noted for its intense love story between two homeless Parisians and its famously extravagant production.
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C.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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D.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
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E.
Musee des Beaux Arts
"Musée des Beaux Arts" is a reflective poem by W. H. Auden that meditates on human indifference to others' suffering, inspired by paintings in a Belgian art museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic monologue
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Browning ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Duke’s desire for absolute control over his wife ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
County of Tyrol
ⓘ
surface form:
Count of Tyrol (mentioned)
Count’s daughter (mentioned) ⓘ the Duchess ⓘ the envoy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1842 ⓘ |
| form | dramatic lyric ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| impliedAction | Duke’s possible role in Duchess’s death ⓘ |
| inCollection | Browning’s dramatic monologues ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 56 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
caesura
ⓘ
dramatic irony ⓘ enjambment ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Duke of Ferrara
ⓘ
the Duchess ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Dramatic Lyrics ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Moxon ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| setting |
Ferrara
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| speaker | Duke of Ferrara ⓘ |
| structure | single stanza ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a Duke describing a portrait of his late wife ⓘ |
| symbol |
Neptune taming a sea-horse
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the curtain over the portrait ⓘ the portrait of the Duchess ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
appearance versus reality ⓘ art and representation ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marriage as transaction ⓘ objectification of women ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| tone |
chilling
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controlled ⓘ sinister ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Last Duchess Description of subject: "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue poem by Robert Browning in which a Duke chillingly reveals his controlling and jealous nature while describing a portrait of his late wife.
Referenced by (3)
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