The title character of this poem took joy in a bough of cherries and a white mule.
The title character of this poem took joy in a bough of cherries and a white mule. The narrator calls his guest's attention to a statue of Neptune in bronze made by Claus of Innsbruck after casually changing the subject to the Count's daughter. The first piece of art mentioned in this poem was painted by Fra Pandolf and depicts the title character blushing. The narrator feels slighted that his gift of a "nine-hundred-years-old name" was not better appreciated and "gave commands," implying that the Duke of Ferrara had his wife killed. FTP name this poem by Robert Browning whose title character had a heart "too soon made glad."
The title character of this poem took joy in a bough of cherries and a white mule.
{My Last Duchess}