My Last Duchess
Robert Browning's poem My Last Duchess beautifully displays the strife occurring within our own minds. Though the poem's narrator fully admires the handiwork of "the last Duchess hanging on the wall", he keeps her hidden behind a curtain. He has grown tired of the questions it brings. Seemingly from guilt or self-consciousness, he keeps her a secret. When illustrated, the actions of the man seem bizarre. However, within our minds, we do the very same. We contain ideas, thoughts, dreams, and emotions we wrestle with almost daily, though we kept them hidden. Perhaps, that is our last Duchess.
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