Rossetti poems (summary + quotes + links)

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W I N T E R M Y S E C R E T Q U O T E S A
L R C I A W O L P V D L U V C A D S H N L
D E B G O O D F R I D A Y S U M M A R Y J
T H B L E U D R G P B V U X I W R M L T J
J A A K I V F P B T O S D B H P B P Y T P
I E C I A B C X Q N D O T I R M F I S G H
K M V C N I U R H B C R U C E T H D Q G P
K A B I R T H D A Y Q U O T E S K M Q K J
D X B K M D N Y A F Y E Q P N L F V D P L
Y G O B L I N M A R K E T S U M M A R Y D
H W Q X P S Q E T K W K B A K O T P G U X
A B G O O D F R I D A Y Q U O T E S N F T
M N O O P D N I X V G J I F M K I X N A J
F T H Y G M T E I C D D N K P M U F B G H
B R F C S D R E M E M B E R Q U O T E S T
A A B I R T H D A Y S U M M A R Y Y I S K
F R O M T H E A N T I Q U E Q U O T E S L
N O T H A N K Y O U J O H N Q U O T E S W
G M A U D E C L A R E S U M M A R Y K U T
O E W U R O M W H M M O K G P Q D V F N K
N F O O V C B Q A O K N S B D J M G Y I I

Clues

  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "It's a weary life, it is, she said:" "I wish and I wish I were a man: / Or, better then any being, were not:" "Not so much as a grain of dust / Or a drop of water from pole to pole." (4, 3, 13)
  • "My heart is like a singing bird" "My heart is like a rainbow shell" "Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve / it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks" (1, 14)
  • "Today’s a nipping day, a biting day;" "A veil, a cloak, and other wraps: I cannot ope to everyone who taps," "Spring’s an expansive time: yet I don’t trust" (6, 2, 6, 6)
  • "With always "do" and "pray"?" "Why will you haunt me with a face as wan As shows an hour-old ghost?" "I dare say Meg or Moll would take Pity upon you, if you'd ask:" "Song-birds of passage, days of youth:" (2, 5, 3, 10)
  • A narrator expresses their happiness about their love's upcoming birthday. They compare their heart to several things in nature, e.g a singing bird. They end the poem by joyfully exclaiming that their love's birthday has arrived. (1, 15)
  • Laura bought the Goblin men's fruit with a lock of her hair. After eating it, she began to waste away. Lizzie goes to the market to look for a cure, the men tempt her but she resists. The men attack her and try to force the fruit in her mouth, she keeps i (6, 13)
  • 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)
  • 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)

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