1. The Effects of Language, Imagery and verse form in
"Christina Rosetti seems towards the dark side of life." Choose three poems and consider how far they support this view of her work. A common interpretation of the work of the 19th century poetess, Christina Rosetti, is that her work is depressing, morbid and highly pessimistic. However, in this essay I shall explore this in further depth by looking at three poems: "A dream", "A Birthday" and one of the many poems entitled "Song", beginning "When I am dead, my dearest." By looking at her use of language, imagery, themes and her addressee I shall explore to what extent I agree with the sta...
It has only been a year and his life has changed so much that he is no longer the same person; "He's lost his colour vary far from here,/Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry." (17-18) These two lines show readers that the soldier gave everything he had to fight that and he lost the life that he knew. ... Characterizing the soldier's injury as "a leap of purple [which] spurted from his thigh (20)" (92). ...