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In the poem "My Last Duchess," the Duchess is ______. sitting next to the Duke at the dinner table depicted in a portrait on the wall ailing the sister of the Duke

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The correct answer is option C. In the poem "My Last Duchess," the Duchess is depicted in a portrait on the wall.

In the poem, the Duchess is dead but she her portrait hangs on the wall and the Duke contemplates her. This is expressed in the lines: "That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive."

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The correct answer is depicted in a portrait on the wall

In the poem, he speaks about the portrait and how it is his last duchess and how his love for art has changed.
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