Strangers visiting this character's former home often have questions about the "depth andpassion" of an "earnest glance," whose primary characteristic is a "spot of joy." This character'sspouse chooses "never to stoop" and lacks the skill in speech to tell her "Just this or that in youdisgusts me." This character is criticized for failing to appreciate the "gift of a (*)nine-hundred-years-old name," which pleases her only as much as a "bough of cherries some officious foolbroke in the orchard for her." This character now exists only behind a cu
Strangers visiting this character's former home often have questions about the "depth andpassion" of an "earnest glance," whose primary characteristic is a "spot of joy." This character'sspouse chooses "never to stoop" and lacks the skill in speech to tell her "Just this or that in youdisgusts me." This character is criticized for failing to appreciate the "gift of a (*)nine-hundred-years-old name," which pleases her only as much as a "bough of cherries some officious foolbroke in the orchard for her." This character now exists only behind a curtain as a portrait made by FraPandolf. This woman "liked whate'er she looked on, and her looks went everywhere." For 10 points, namethis woman who had a heart "too soon made glad" in a poem by Robert Browning.
Strangers visiting this character's former home often have questions about the "depth andpassion" of an "earnest glance," whose primary characteristic is a "spot of joy.
the duchess of Ferrara [accept "My Last Duchess"]