My last duchess

Question 1

1.

Answer 1

That’s my last duchess painted on the wall looking as If she were alive

Question 2

2. husbands

Answer 2

Twas not her husbands presence only

Question 3

3. ranked
   anybody’s

Answer 3

As if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-year-olds name with anybody’s gift

Question 4

4. commands
   smiles

Answer 4

I gave commands; then all smiles stopped altogether

Question 5

5. neptune

Answer 5

Notice Neptune though, taming a sea horse