Lizzie's Verses: Poem Analysis
Certainly, one of the goblins’ treachery effects is the loss of the notion of time for Lizzie (V.449) and it previously happened to Laura (V.139). Despite having being attacked by wicked creatures, Lizzie walks home happily. The bouncing of the coin is like a victorious hymn for her, the proof that she has confronted and overcome temptation. She conserves her kind heart and thus her purity and vitality, which make her run home.
Lizzie relates her deeds to Laura, who reacts happily yet is still concerned about her sister’ fate. These verses demonstrate that sin does not cancel sisterhood but quite the contrary, sisterhood enables them to surmount any sort of peril.
Verses 471 have been largely compared and related to Christ and his apostles’ …show more content…
The goblin’s fruit is depicted as a weapon that can act as both poison and antidote, depending on the person who uses it or on the use it is given.
Verse 500 illustrates the previously mentioned ideal of Pre-Raphaelite women when describing Laura’s long loosened hair as “locks… like a torch”.
Life out of death is a Christian concept exploited by Christina in the poem. For Christians, Christ’s sacrificed himself and his own life in order to make salvation possible for the humankind, and by those means eternal life comes out of death, in the same way that he resurrected after his death. In like manner, Laura’s rebirth comes out of her inner and spiritual death; she is saved by her sister’s self-less love.
Another biblical reference occurs in Verse 536 (1 Kings 7:26, King James Bible) re-evidencing the Bible’s authority over her to the extent of influencing her writing.
In Laura’s transformation, there are several mysteries unexplained such as how she recovers what cannot be recovered; her hair color, youth, innocence, and possibly her virginity. Notwithstanding their unresolvedness, those enigmas belong and contribute to the bewitching and fantasy aura that surrounds the sisters’
Lizzie relates her deeds to Laura, who reacts happily yet is still concerned about her sister’ fate. These verses demonstrate that sin does not cancel sisterhood but quite the contrary, sisterhood enables them to surmount any sort of peril.
Verses 471 have been largely compared and related to Christ and his apostles’ …show more content…
The goblin’s fruit is depicted as a weapon that can act as both poison and antidote, depending on the person who uses it or on the use it is given.
Verse 500 illustrates the previously mentioned ideal of Pre-Raphaelite women when describing Laura’s long loosened hair as “locks… like a torch”.
Life out of death is a Christian concept exploited by Christina in the poem. For Christians, Christ’s sacrificed himself and his own life in order to make salvation possible for the humankind, and by those means eternal life comes out of death, in the same way that he resurrected after his death. In like manner, Laura’s rebirth comes out of her inner and spiritual death; she is saved by her sister’s self-less love.
Another biblical reference occurs in Verse 536 (1 Kings 7:26, King James Bible) re-evidencing the Bible’s authority over her to the extent of influencing her writing.
In Laura’s transformation, there are several mysteries unexplained such as how she recovers what cannot be recovered; her hair color, youth, innocence, and possibly her virginity. Notwithstanding their unresolvedness, those enigmas belong and contribute to the bewitching and fantasy aura that surrounds the sisters’