<p>In "My Last Duchess," Robert Browning masterfully employs dramatic monologue to explore themes of power, jealousy, and the objectification of women. Set within a Renaissance context, the poem presents a Duke who reveals his emotions and past transgressions as he converses with a visitor about a portrait of his deceased wife. Browning'Äôs use of enjambment and iambic pentameter creates a flowing rhythm that mirrors the Duke'Äôs self-involved na...