Nature & Poetry of the Time Flashcards
1
Q
Complete this quote from Rossetti: “If any one thing schooled me in the direction of poetry…
A
“it was perhaps the delightful idle liberty to prowl all alone about my grandfather’s cottage-grounds some 30 miles from London”
2
Q
Who influenced the Pre-raphaelites to capture natural realism?
A
John Ruskin
3
Q
What connotations surround fruit in Rossetti’s poetry?
A
seductive, dangerous - influenced by the story of the forbidden fruit in the bible.
4
Q
What connotations surround flowers in Rossetti’s poetry?
A
Flowers convey the fragility of life.
