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an apple gathering Flashcards

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structure

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The regularity of the four lines in each stanza = symbolize that she will never be able to escape from her suffering.

structure is in quatrains

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written?

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1857, just started working at highgate

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rhyme scheme

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regular (ridgedness of society)

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context

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This poem is written at a time when Rossetti has lost her first love, James Collinson, after his fitting between Catholicism and Anglicanism left them with irreconcilable differences.

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context

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highgate

religion

gender

morning loss of James Collinson, after his fitting between Catholicism and Anglicanism left them with irreconcilable differences.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF APPLES

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The significance of the apples comes from the Garden of Eden, where the forbidden fruit was consumed.

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‘Plucked pink blossoms’

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sexual appeal, premature loss of innoncxe

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chnage of season

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rejection from society is permenant due to passing of time

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