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The last Ride together by Robert Browning poem analysis

1. The Last Ride Together By Robert Browning Presented by Farhana Kaukab Roll No 25 th

2. Summary of the Poem Dramatic monologue the speaker, first of all, presents a background of the story. The speaker is taking leave from his beloved. Before parting, he just requests his beloved to go on a ride with him for the last time. The lady accepts the invitation. It seems that she is also interested in passing a few more moments with the person for whom her hearts leaped up in joy at once. Being the last chapter of their journey, both the speaker and the lady want to make that moment precious. However, throughout the poem, she doesn’t speak a word. Only the speaker muses on his feelings only and presents several comparisons to prove the fact that they are, in fact, in a better position. Their love is momentary but sublime. They won’t be meeting in near future yet they can look back to this episode forever and ever. The last ridetogether 2

3. Structure of the Poem There are a total of 10 stanzas in this poem and each stanza contains 11 lines in it. The rhyme scheme of the text is AABBCDDEEEC. Browning wrote this poem in iambic tetrameter. Hence, each line consists of four iambs. It means there are four beats per line and the stress falls on the second syllable of each foot. Sample Footer Text 3

4. Literary Devices The first stanza contains anaphora in the four consecutive lines after the first one. The poet uses hyperbole by using the word “dearest” in the first line. There is a personification in the line, “My whole heart rises up to bless”. Thereafter, in the second stanza, the poet uses alliteration in the phrase “deep dark eyes”. This stanza ends with a rhetorical question . An oxymoron is there in “joy and fear”. Sample Footer Text 4

5. Literary Devices In the fourth stanza, the last line contains irony . Here, the poet indirectly refers that the worst befell on him as he is with his beloved for the last time. The poet also uses a transferred epithet in “hopeful past”. Here, the adjective rightly belongs to “theirs” or the people. Thereafter, “fleshly screen” is a metaphor for the human body. The poet uses sarcasm in the last two lines of the sixth stanza. However, the last line of the poem contains a repetition of the word “ride”. This device is called palilogy . Sample Footer Text 5