My Last Duchess Flashcards
Robert Browning
1
Q
‘There’s my last Duchess…’
A
‘There’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive.’
2
Q
‘twas not her husband’s…’
A
‘twas not her husband’s presence only, called that spot of joy into the Duchess’ cheek’
3
Q
‘Must never hope…’
A
‘Must never hope to reproduce the faint half flush that dies along her throat’
4
Q
‘too soon made glad…’
A
‘too soon made glad, too easily impressed; she liked whate’er she looked on, and her looks went everywhere’
5
Q
‘I gave commands…’
A
‘I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together’
6
Q
‘Who’d stoop to blame…’
A
‘Who’d stoop to blame This sort of trifling?’
7
Q
‘The bough of cherries…’
A
‘The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace’
