My Ex-Husband and My Last Duchess Comp

Compare & Contrast My Ex-Husband & My Last Duchess Amy Baysinger 9/16/2012 both poems are similar in that they revolve around the theme of befuddled or unrequited love. The speaker units, a humankind and a woman, are dissimilar in sexes but similar in their plights. both(prenominal) are bitter, jealous, and apparently unbothered by their losses (but their aloofness is also what gives away their feelings). Each speaker is having a conversation with an assumed good friend and explains the demise of their respecting relationships. both(prenominal) hint at the idea of their partners flirting and infidelity as the respite point.Sprea says How slobbishly he carried on affairs almost as if the speakers husband was so blatant about his cheating that he didnt even try to hide itan absolute insult to the ex-wife. Browning, however, is a petty(a) more subtle. She thanked men,good But thanked somehowI know not how. Both spouses knew and tolerated it at first, but not in the end. I sti mulate it interesting how both speakers have such a nonchalant and, at least on the surface, indifferent view of their relationships. Understandably, the speakers try not to uncover their hurt feelings and egos but the reader can infer the pain in their words. My Last Duchess is, in my opinion, much more of a dominating man teaching a woman a lesson versus My Ex-Husband, which is a woman scorned. Both relationships ended badly but had a different path ground on the speakers point of view. I find it interesting both poems incite in a very similar way. Thats my ex-husband visualise on the shelf and Thats my last Duchess painted on the fence in echo the same sentiment. The respective relationships are going to badly and those left field behind will undoubtedly have harsh feelings in the end.