or suggesting immaterial‚ ideal‚ or otherwise intangible truth or states. Symbolism in poetry has and still is used as an inspiration to write and sometimes can become the sole purpose of a poem. This poetic element is the foundation and core of Christina Rossetti’s poem Up-hill. The symbolism itself is built over the course of the entire poem rather than just having it appear within two lines or so. Through each stanza one can easily recognize the symbolism appear between the two speakers: an
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the two different poems ’Human Interest’ and ’Cousin Kate’. They are written by different poets‚ ’Human Interest’ is written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ whom was born in 1955 which means it is modern twentieth century language. ’Cousin Kate’ is written by Christina Rossetti‚ who was born in 1830 and died in 1984‚ making this pre-twentieth century language. The narrator in ’Human Interest’ is male‚ he is locked up in prison for stabbing his allegedly unfaithful partner. The narrator in ’Cousin Kate’ is a simple
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It is difficult to cull a satisfying thematic interpretation from Christina Rossetti’s "Goblin Market." Obvious themes might be "that one should be careful of temptation‚" or "that little girls should not talk to strange men." One might even go on to the end of the poem and decide the theme is "that sisters should love one another." These are rather trite ideas‚ however‚ and while the poem definitely supports them (and they are easily defended with quotations from the text)‚ a more careful look at
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Exploring the past is a purposeless activity All of us have little secrets which we don’t want to share with others – things which we are ashamed of‚ things which are too intimate to tell or just things which happened in the past and we don’t want to tell them because they may hurt someone or they may cause troubles to us. I have the perfect example that exploring the past sometimes may be painful. I have a friend – Lora- which is very amorous and gives all of herself for her boyfriend. But
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Reading Journal on the Excerpt from Karen Armstrong’s Autobiography. The author is very expressive of her feelings‚ and I believe it is these feelings that she wants to let out to the world in her autobiography‚ there is not one point but an entire phase in life that she expresses in her writing. The feelings and mind-set of one lost‚ looking for an identity to fit into; can be a point she is trying to convey but then again‚ there is a lot of flow in her words that makes this point
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child’s life‚ they dream of being on the front pages of magazines or live on TV. They dream of the A-list lifestyle and wish that they could be that when they grow up. When I was a kid‚ I dreamed of being a singer and I looked up to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. As I grew older‚ I saw their faces all over tabloids and their actions never made me oppose them‚ but I understood that some of their actions were wrong. Professional athletes and celebrities make amazing role models but they can also be
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Sister Maude Christina Rossetti begins her poem “Sister Maude” with two similar questions‚ asking who told her parents about her ’shame’. We do not know at this point what the narrator’s shame is‚ but it gradually becomes clear that she was having an affair with a handsome man. In Victorian times when Rossetti was writing‚ this would certainly have been considered shameful. The narrator answers the questions in the first quatrain‚ naming her sister Maude as the person who told her parents what was
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Goblin market is laden with symbolism. How do you think we should read the Goblin Market? : The poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti can be read in multiple forms. My interpretation of the poem is that it focuses about female heroism and sisterhood. Alternatively‚ it could also be said that the poem is a contemptuously mocking criticism on the way women were objectified during the Victorian Era. This can be inferred as the poem is predominantly about sexual purity. This poem also contains many
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Christina Rossetti was born at 38 Charlotte Street (now 105 Hallam Street)‚ London to Gabriele Rossetti‚ a poet and a political exile from Vasto‚ Abruzzo‚ and Frances Polidori‚ the sister of Lord Byron’s friend and physician‚ John William Polidori.[1] She had two brothers and a sister: Dante became an influential artist and poet‚ and William and Maria both became writers.[1] Christina‚ the youngest‚ was a lively child. She dictated her first story to her mother before she had learned to write.[2]
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smaller clothes as well. Search mostly any sit-com and surely‚ one will have a difficult time finding an "average" sized person. On Mtv‚ and the other music channels‚ thin pretty girls are seen everywhere. From the singers‚ like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera‚ to the back up dancers prancing around in thongs and tiny bathing suits. They sing about how sexy the girls are that have smooth‚ silky skin and thin‚ muscular‚ nearly fat-less bodies. If a girl is subjected to this enough‚ she will want
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