My Last Dutchess Flashcards
1
Q
States his wife died
A
“My last dutchess”
2
Q
Remarks to death
A
“half-flush that dies along her throat”
3
Q
Proud of family heritage
A
“My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name”
4
Q
Euphemism for her murder
A
“I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together”
5
Q
Bragging about art collection.
A
“Notice Neptune…/Taming a sea-horse”
6
Q
Only he can see the painting
A
“(Since none puts by / The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)”
