Question

My Last Duchess

Accepted Answer

'My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name'

'I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together'

'Notice Neptune, though, Taming a seahorse'

'the faint Half-flush that dies along her throat' - juxtaposal of her fate 'throat' and 'dies'

Form is a dramatic monologue in one stanza almost as if the Duke abuse of power is unchecked

Front	My Last Duchess
Back	'My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name' 'I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together' 'Notice Neptune, though, Taming a seahorse' 'the faint Half-flush that dies along her throat' - juxtaposal of her fate 'throat' and 'dies' Form is a dramatic monologue in one stanza almost as if the Duke abuse of power is unchecked

Duchess Gift Nine Hundred Years Old I Gave Commands Smiles Stopped