n its belt: For he began to say the while How South our home lay many a mile. So, 'mid the shouting multitude We two walked forth to never more Return. My cousins have pursued Their life, untroubled as before I vexed them. Gauthier's dwelling-place God lighten! May his soul find grace! Our elder boy has got the clear Great brow, tho' when his brother's black Full eye shows scorn, it ... Gismond here? And have you brought my tercel back? I was just telling Adela How many birds it struck since May.Count Gismond has always fallen in and out of love with friends and women because he says that they always betray him in the end ( Smalley 51). The countess is the one to break the spell and so they are married. The Count vows to get revenge on the once beloved friends, now foes, which he seeks out to kill. The countess, a religious women, believes in prayer and faith and says: Christ God with savest man, save mostOf men Count Gismond who saved me!To suit it; when he struck at lengthMy honour, ’twas with all his strengthThe countess will stick by Count Gismond’s side even when he decides to seek revenge on the old friends that he now loathes. Browning leads the poem to take a turn when he conveys mysterious undertones of the countess’ true unhappiness with her life and husband ( Roberts 102). The countess is distressed by her husband’s vices, though she tries to make herself believe they are virtues. In all actuality the countess is distressed by her husband’s antics against those he loved before. The poem notes how the countess is weary as she walks alongside her husband’s dripping sword and how she sees her husband in her young son’s black scornful eyes ( Adams 1), proving there may be more to the poem than meets the eye.“My Last Duchess” is another of Browning's famous poems from Dramatic Lyrics:That's my last Duchess painted on the ...
