Literary · Asked 31st August 2014 · 6,025 views

Is it ironic that...

in the poem "My Last Duchess", the persona - the Duke - hates his wife for having a 'spot of joy' on her cheek in reality, but then admires a painting of her which shows that exact trait? Is it ironic because the viewer would expect a person who admires a painting to love the object of the painting but he doesn't?

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76% ironic
24% not

76% say this IS ironic · 11 votes

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