One of the obviously fundamental aspects of poetry is the language used and the literary devices employed, and Rosetti's poetry is certainly no exception to this. ... They are described as being in "an open field" and "sporting at ease and courting in full view." ... The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". ... These three aspects of nature which shall no longer be a reality for her, underline her intimation that she shall be irrevocably absent from all which is so real for her presently. ... The speaker's refe...

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To which her response is: "O speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my ears"." ... Although, because there are no other examples later on in Shakespeare's revenge tragedy of this possible incestuous relationship, it is more likely that he was just looking after his sister. ...

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