Who wrote: "That's my last Duchess painted on the wall / looking as if she were alive." ?
Correct answer: C. Robert Browning
- A. Lord Byron
- B. Oscar Wilde
- C. Robert Browning
- D. William Wordsworth
Explanation
The speaker is the Duke in Robert Browning's dramatic monologue My Last Duchess, discussing a portrait of his deceased wife. Browning's use of an unreliable, revealing speaker is a hallmark of the dramatic monologue.
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