Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti is widely regarded as the most considerable woman poet in England before the twentieth century No reading of nineteenth century poetry can be complete without attention to this prolific and popular poet Rossetti s inner life dominates her poetry, exploring loss and unattainable hope Her divine poems have a freshness and toughness of thought, while many of her love poems are erotic, and as often express love for women as for men The varied threads of Rossetti s concerns are drawn together in what is perhaps her greatest poem, the strange and ambiguous Goblin Market.304 Best Read Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti By Christina Rossetti For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr So I confess I had hoped to savour these probably as I should ve done but aah once I started reading them I couldn t stop They were all so moving and effective and beautifully composed I definitely need to readof her poetry and learnabout her ...Rossetti is definitely my new favorite poet I love her style, especially the feeling of motion and energy and life in her use of participles and her use of nature Many of her religious poems were especially reflective and powerful. Shadow, shadow on the wallSpread thy shelter over me Wrap me with a heavy pall,With the dark that none may see.Fold thyself around me come Shut out all the troublesomeNoise of life I would be dumb.Shadow thou hast reached my feet,Rise and cover up my head Be my stainless winding sheet,Buried before I am dead.Lay thy cool upon my breast Once I thought that joy was best,Now I only care for rest.By the grating of my cellSings a solitary bird Sweeter than the vesper bell,Sweetest song was ever hea Shadow, shadow on the wallSpread thy shelter over me Wrap me with a heavy pall,With the dark that none may see.Fold thyself around me come Shut out all the troublesomeNoise of life I would be dumb.Shadow thou hast reached my feet,Rise and cover up my head Be my stainless winding sheet,Buried before I am dead.Lay thy cool upon my breast Once I thought that joy was best,Now I only care for rest.By the grating of my cellSings a solitary bird Sweeter than the vesper bell,Sweetest song was ever heard.Sing upon thy living tree Happy echoes answer thee,Happy songster, sing to me.When my yellow ha...EchoCome to me in the silence of the night Come in the speaking silence of a dream Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright As sunlight on a stream Come back in tears,O memory, hope, love of finished years.Oh dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet, Whose wakening should have been in Paradise,Where souls brimful...This time I actually read the whole book Before I gave this a star rating without actually reading the whole thing Still, this is five stars I really love Christina Rossetti s poems Whether they are religious, spiritual, fairy tale, or moving, Rossetti is a great poet I believe She s no Dante, Shakespeare, or Milton, meaning, she isn t complex, but she is still one of my favorite poets I see I could have gotten her complete poems...I really loved these poems Varied styles, not terribly complex, but evocative and moving nonetheless.I have loved Christina Rossetti s poems for years I picked this volume up from the library on impulse as I have not read any of her work for a while It was nice to re read some old favourites like Cousin Kate, Echo, Song When I am dead my dearest , Goblin Marke... Tempus FugitLovely Spring,A brief sweet thing,Is swift on the wing Gracious Summer,A slow sweet comer,Hastens past Autumn while sweetIs all incompleteWith a moaning blast, Nothing can last,Can be cleaved unto,Can be dwelt upon It is hurried through,It is come and gone,Undone it c...A very fine Christian poet.from Sing SongWhat are heavy sea sand and sorrow What are brief today and tomorrow What are frail Spring blossoms and youth What are deep the ocean and truth.

• English
• 14 January 2017
Christina Rossetti
• Paperback
• 304 pages
• 1853264296
• Christina Rossetti
• Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti