Essays on Christina Rossetti: Poems

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  • Analysis of A Birthday

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    Christina Rossetti was one of the most profound literary poets during the Victorian age Alleyne The style of writing that she used was typical of many other writers during her time Most of her poems consisted of a songlike use words and short irregularly rhymed lines Although she was known for being a devoted High Anglican most of her work was not about religion In fact most of her work deals with the feelings of love which is ironic because she actually was never married the limited amount of

  • Commentary on The Goblin Market

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    The Market Place Christina Rossettis poem Goblin Market describes the dynamics of a market place very well Rossetti depicts how the Goblins or merchants cry for business For example they croon Come buy come buy 4 and list a paratactic list of items Rossetti does many things to show how a market place really is and how it works Some of these things may remind the reader of the type of market found on Canal Street in New York Rossettis description of the market place is similar to that of a moder

  • Comparing Remember and My Mistress Eyes

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    The first poem I am going to study is Remember by Christina Rossetti This is a Petrarchan sonnet which means there are two quatrains then a sestet The lines in the sestet look like they are all over the place with the rhymes but this because this style of sonnet was first written in Italian and they had a lot more words which rhymed in their language As this is a sonnet it has fourteen lines each with ten syllables In this poem Rossetti is talking to her husband and asking that he remembers as

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