Analyzing this poem prompts Nell to eventually break up with her boyfriend Bill in a short story by Margaret Atwood.
Analyzing this poem prompts Nell to eventually break up with her boyfriend Bill in a short story by Margaret Atwood. In this poem, a compliment from one character produces a "spot of joy" on the cheek of the title character, who ignores the speaker's gift of a "nine-hundred-years-old name." This poem ends by ominously praising Claus of Innsbruck's cast of a statue of Neptune taming a seahorse. This poem's speaker describes the title character as having "a heart too soon made glad" after revealing a portrait of the title character painted by Fra Pandolf. For 10 points, name this dramatic monologue titled for the Duke of Ferrara's late wife, written by Robert Browning. 
Analyzing this poem prompts Nell to eventually break up with her boyfriend Bill in a short story by Margaret Atwood.
"My Last Duchess"