Characters:
Speaker (or Narrator): The speaker is the Duke of Ferrara.
The poem reveals him as a proud, possessive, and selfish man and a lover of the arts.

Duchess: The late wife of the duke.

Emissary of the Count of Tyrol: The emissary has no speaking role; he simply listens as the Duke of
Ferrara.

Count of Tyrol: The father of the duke's bride-to-be.

Daughter of the Count of Tyrol: The duke's bride-to-be is the daughter of the count.

FraPandolph:The duke mentions him as the artist who painted the fresco.