My Last Duchess- Robert Browning

The Duke is walking around talking to a visitor it seems. They stop though to see a portrait of his first wife. He then goes on to describe her. He says how she was always smiling and flirting with other people. He says how she was also easily pleased. He says that she did not really appreciate his name which was old and really prized since he was a Duke. He then says how after his commands all smiles stopped which implies that he commanded that she be killed, but he never really says it. He seemed jealous of the attention that she paid other people, but you don't really know if he killed her or not because he never comes out and says it. Then you also find out that he is looking for a new wife. At the end when he says to look at a statue, you kind of feel like he might have killed his wife because he says it so casually making you think that he thinks the portrait of his deceased wife is just like any other piece of art. This poem is different than other poems. It is more of a story. The poem is also a series of couplets instead of being separated into stanzas. The way it is written without many brakes makes it seem like the Duke is nervous about talking about his dead wife. He also seems like he is sort of proud of it though because he had to open the curtain in order to show the painting to his visitor.