ubt, Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands As if alive. Will 't please you rise? We'll meet The company below, then. I repeat, The Count your Master's known munificence Is ample warrant that no just pretence Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed At starting, is my object. Nay, we'll go Together down, Sir! Notice Neptune, though, Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity, Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for meIt is one of his most representative dramatic monologues. The Duke is looking at the picture of his deceased wife on the wall and mourning her beauty and her being and how he will never love another again (Roberts 103). Browning makes it seem as if the Duke is speaking to the reader while in all actuality (which is not found out until later in the poem) he is speaking to the convoy of a count. This leads the reader to immerse himself in the poem, and for the time being be inside the poem as one of the characters. The Duke comments on how his wife was always happy. When she died the Duke claimed that no one around could smile anymore.By leaving just the dramatic dialogue Browning purposefully leaves the reader wondering about the poem long after it is over because only one side of the story gets to be heard. There is no one else around and the picture can not talk so the reader is led to believe what the Duke says to be true, even though it may not be.Besides lyrical poems Browning also wrote Dramatic Romances. He loved nature and beauty, but he also loved the bond between a man and a woman. In the romantic poem, “The Bishop Orders the Tomb,” the preacher of a church doesn’t know if he is alive or dead: Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity! Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back? Nephews--sons mine . . . ah God, I know not! Wel...
