Rossetti poems key quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Winter: My secret
A
‘I wear my mask for warmth’
‘my secret’s mine, and I won’t tell’
‘Nor April with its rainbow crowned showers’
2
Q
Maude Clare
A
‘He faltered in his place [..] and hid his face’
‘I’ll love him till he loves me best’
‘For he’s my lord for better or for worse’
3
Q
Shut Out
A
‘A shadowless spirit kept the gate,/ Blank and unchanging like the grave’
‘For nought is left with looking at / Since my delightful land is gone.’
‘iron bars’
‘My garden,mine, beneath the sky’
4
Q
Twice
A
‘Purge thou’
‘My hope was written on the sand’
‘Now let thy judgement stand-‘
‘Yet a woman’s words are weak: / You should speak, not I’
‘It is still unripe’
5
Q
No Thank You John
A
‘No ,thank you, John’
‘Here’s friendship for you if you like’
