Rossetti poems (summary + quotes + links)

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• 2. The poem talks about the story of Maude Clare and Nell. They are both in love with Sir Thomas and he had chosen to marry Nell. On the day of the wedding, Maude came with wedding gifts, these were the gifts Thomas gave her during their unfulfilled courtshi (5, 12)
• 3. "Yet a woman's words are weak: You should speak, not I." "Then set it down, And said: It is still unripe, Better wait awhile;" " Broke, but I did not wince; I smiled" (11)
• 4. The speaker offered her heart to her lover. He did not accept it. / He did not believe that she was ready to commit. / He was not ready to commit. Her heart breaks and she brings it to God. She asks God to help her, she knows her heart will be safe with h (12)
• 5. The speaker tries to look into the garden but is locked out, they lament that what they have lost. They ask the guard to take some flowers but are ignored. The guard builds a brick wall, blocking the view entirely. The speaker is heartbroken and sees some (4, 10)
• 6. The speaker is leaving more instructions as to what their loved one should do once they die, they show indifference towards them. The speaker accepts their death and that they may be forgotten. (15)
• 7. "Am I a stone and not a sheep" "To number drop by drop Thy Blood's slow loss, And yet not weep?" "Not so those women loved Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee;" "Greater than Moses, turn and look once more And smite a rock." (4, 6, 6)
• 8. "Gone far away into the silent land;" "Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay." "Better by far you should forget and smile" "And afterwards remember, do not grieve: (8, 6)
• 9. This is a devotional poem that conveys the speaker's desire to partake in Christianity. However, they are not ready to adopt the religion until Jesus comes down and guides them the way a shepherd would guide a sheep. The speaker compares their lack of emo (4, 6, 7)