Which poem starts with the line 'I have desired, and have been desired;'?
Soeur Louise De La Misericorde
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Who's interpretation of Goblin Market is that it is about rejecting Carnal lust and finding sexuality in marriage?
Kelly S. Kent
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Which poem could be interpreted as a fight between established/organised religon and god?
Good Friday
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Which poem was about Rossetti's third suitor?
No Thank You John
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What can the poem 'Echo' be interpreted to mean?
A person remembering a dead lover in dreams, longing for them to come back.
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Which poem starts with the line 'The door was shut.'?
Shut Out (it's kinda obvious)
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What is one main theme about 'A Round Tower at Jhansi'?
Life and death
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Why does a birthday have an upbeat view of love even though it was written after Rossetti had lost all her earthly loves?
Some can interpret this poem to be about divine love, or the sturcture is very balenced and regular, making the tone of the poem more sober than it seems on face value. This therefore can be suggesting that this happiness could be a memory.
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What is the tone in Maude Clare?
Sarcastic.
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What is the reason of the speaker's 'mask' in Winter: My secret?
To protect her from the outside world and their judements.
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What does the speaker call heaven in 'Up-Hill'? What is the significance of this?
An Inn, this way to describe heaven comes from the book of Matthew. It is almost an exact copy of his words.
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Why might some critics dislike Good Friday? (Hint it is to do with the main theme, what is the main problem with it?)
She wants to talk directly to god, she thinks that even the church doesn't understand him as well as she does. This shows a level of blatant arrogance that could make critics dislike her works.
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Why does Twice show that her faith was the thing that allowed to carry on?
I allowed her to forget old flames and to commit herself to other endeavours.
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What is Lizzie sometimes seen to be a projection of in Goblin market?
Christ.
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Why was the story of Jeanie put into 'Goblin Market'?
As foreshadowing to the near demise of Laura, as to warn the audience of the goblin men's power.
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Why can the ending of 'Goblin Market' be seen as subversive?
It is a sister that has saved the fallen woman, not a husband.
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What is the main theme of 'When i'm dead my dearest'?
Making a loved one forget the speaker when they die. (Basically the same message as Remember, but in a different structure. Running out of ideas are we Christiana?)
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Why can Rossetti been seen as a hypocrite?
She writes about the lack of women's rights but when given the chance to join the WSPU she flat out refuses. Seriously this women flips and flops in her ideas so much!!!
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Which mental disorder can attribute to Rossetti's devote nature?
Bipolar, religious mania.
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Which church did Rossetti belong to?
Anglo-Catholic/Tractarian.
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What was her sister's profession?
A Nun.
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Who was the brother that drew the cover art for Christiana's poems?
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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What is the main theme of Soeur Louise De La Misericorde?
That carnal lust can ruin a women.
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Name 4 poems about women.
Maude Clare, Winter: My Secret, Soeur Louise De La Misericorde and From the Antique.
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Which poem starts with the line 'I have desired, and have been desired;'?
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Soeur Louise De La Misericorde
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Who's interpretation of Goblin Market is that it is about rejecting Carnal lust and finding sexuality in marriage?
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Which poem could be interpreted as a fight between established/organised religon and god?
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