From these four lines alone we could assume that Rosetti does indeed celebrate the lighter and more pleasurable aspects of life, however, as with so many of her poems, the tone proceeds to distinctly change. ... The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". ... Another aspect of this absence will be the lack of any passing of time: "the twilight that doth not rise nor set". The speaker's reference to something which is assumed to be completely intransient and permanent is cleverly used by Rosetti, as the setting of the s...

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