Maude Clare Rossetti

Question 1

MCR: ‘maude clare was

Answer 1

Like a queen

Question 2

MCR: ‘nor i so

Answer 2

Pale as nell

Question 3

MCR: ‘pale with inward strife,

Answer 3

And nell was pale with pride

Question 4

MCR: more wise and

Answer 4

Much more fair

Question 5

MCR: take my share of a fickle heart

Answer 5

Mine of paltry love’

Question 6

MCR: MC’s presents suggest fertility (fruit + flowers)

Answer 6

But ‘the dew’ leaves them withered suggesting ‘fickle heart

Question 7

MCR: ‘my lady’ is typically respectful

Answer 7

But here it is sarcastic

Question 8

MCR: Nell is defiant ‘for better or worse’

Answer 8

But is too proud to be upset by MC

Question 9

MCR: ‘loves me best’ reminds MC she is married

Answer 9

Positioning Rossetti as a silent onlooker
Rossetti possibly suggests women who conform to society succeed in marriage

Question 10

MCR: the two women contrast -

Answer 10

At time there was discussion on womens role in marriage

Question 11

MCR: MC blesses the couples togetherness…

Answer 11

And by blessing the couples marriage bed she inserts herself into the couples lives

Question 12

MCR: ‘lillies’

Answer 12

Pure, romantic imagery
Implies Thomas still has her heart
Suggestion of marriage flowers