Christina Rossetti
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- Created on: 07-04-16 15:39
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- CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)
- About Rossetti
- She was born into an artistic family
- Started writing poetry when she was eleven
- First poetry book was published by her Grandpa who owned a printing press.
- She fell ill in her teens and though she lived long, she never fully recovered.
- She was deeply religious-broke of 3 relationships as well
- Regarded as the next Barrett Browning of the time
- What she writes about
- Death
- Perhaps due to her long term illness, a lot of her poems are about death.
- Several of them dwell on her own but she seems fascinated by it in general, or maybe frightened.
- Perhaps due to her long term illness, a lot of her poems are about death.
- Love
- Romantic, religious and also love for family.
- Challenged common Victorian belief that the sole purpose of a woman's life is to marry
- Many of her characters choose divine love over romantic love
- Religion
- She also writes about biblical events like Christ's death.
- She has also written hymns and carols
- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Sin
- Several of her poems feature women who suffer having sex outside of marriage
- A big no-no in Victorian times
- Several of her poems feature women who suffer having sex outside of marriage
- Death
- Her poetry
- Simplicity
- Strong rhyme sceme
- Short lines
- Simple vocabulary
- Easy to read and understand but often have hidden meanings
- Short lines
- Strong rhyme sceme
- Easy to read and understand but often have hidden meanings
- First person POV
- Makes her poems seem more personal-look out for 'I' and 'me'
- Symbolism
- Eating fruit
- Sin or loss of innocnece
- Plants or flowers
- Life
- Seasons
- The journey from birth to death
- Eating fruit
- Simplicity
- Well known poems
- Sister Maude
- Remember
- A Birthday
- Goblin Market
- Song
- Cousin Kate
- About Rossetti
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