A silent narrator in Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess" is the duchess herself. She once had a painting done of herself by Fra Pandolf who had captured all her features' intimate details, including the passionate glances she loved to often make. These glances, which consisted of her blushing furiously, always occurred whenever she received compliments from anyone. She thanked many men this way, either through her blushing cheeks or even sometimes through a grateful speech. She was jolly by nature, whose passionate glances towards others provoked her husband's anger because he felt she was not exclusively appreciative towards him over the fact that through marriage she was able to share his great status in society as a duke; she was never aware of his feelings because he never made it be known. Finally, her smiles had to be stopped forever by her husband and now he was planning to marry another woman whose father he was negotiating the dowry. .

             In the poem "Porphyria's Lover" the silent narrator is Porphyria, who once made a visit to her lover on a stormy day. When she came into her lover's room she immediately shut out the cold, thus making the cottage warm. She then took off some of her clothes and sat down beside him. She then proceeded to make him comfortable around her by putting his arm around her waist and by making his cheek lie on her bare shoulder. She then kept repeating to him how much she loved him even though she was too weak to actually give in to that love forever. Through her eyes she did express that she loved him to the point of worship, which made her lover both excited and full of wonder over what he should do to preserve the moment they were now sharing. Finally he decided to strangle her because he felt that would preserve the moment best; she, being full of love for him, allowed him to kill her without a struggle. She was so easily killed that he thought she felt no pain while dying and instead held an expression of happiness on her face towards him for preserving their love forever.