In both Remains and My Last Duchess experience is shown to be powerful as it is haunting and some experiences, in these poems the murder of someone, cannot be forgotten, and indeed the speakers become obsessed with their victims and the experience of their murders. However in My Last Duchess the experience and resulting obsession is physically manifested in the painting and the statue of “Neptune taming a sea horse”. This is a metaphor for the relationship between the Duke and his Last Duchess, just as Neptune was all powerful so was he. Furthermore the word choice of tamed has negative suggestions as it suggests placing an inferior thing (thus suggesting the Duchess is inferior in his eyes) under the permanent control of the powerful. Also it suggests that the person tamed is changed permanently. Interestingly the Duke couldn’t tame except through death. In Remains the speaker’s obsession with his victim and the experience of the murder results in an emotional and mental manifestation…