1. Goblin Market
To first consider the requirement, "beautiful in form" Goblin Market differs from the bulk of Rossetti's poetry in that it has a much less formal structure; the tumbling irregular meter employed in Goblin market is a rarity amongst Rossetti's work, her favoured form being the short lyric. ... Another example comes when Lizzie, after inducing the goblins to try to force her to eat, ensuring that she becomes splattered with "the drip of juice that syrupped all her face," invites Laura to: Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices Squeezed from goblin fruits for you, Goblin pulp and goblin dew...
- Word Count: 3193
- Approx Pages: 13
- Has Bibliography