ity of the piece. Burrows points out that,
             Much of the force of the narrative lies in its almost naive simplicity and in the corresponding quiet, matter-of-fact tone of voice, a tone which in effect is not shouting 'Horrible murder! Read all about it!' but murmuring, 'I am going to tell you a nice little bedtime story.'
             Despite the fact that the metrical pattern is often strayed from, some lines contain 3 or 5 stresses, the poem is rhythmically appealing. According to Burrows, "[the poem] suggests the accents and modulations of speech and also remains quietly unemphatic." (page 56)
             A similar analysis of "My Last Duchess" is also needed before the two can be compared adequately. The frigid decorum of the Duke is established by the imperceptible, but unfailing, rhyming couplets. The inability for the reader to notice these during recital of the poem is due to the extreme prevalence of enjambment within the work. According to Burrows, "It is decidedly the 'open' couplet that he uses, and there are many 'run-on' lines since syntactical pauses rarely coincide with couple-endings or line endings." (page 116) The meter
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