SHUT OUT Flashcards
what is the key context/points about this poem?
AO3- the garden of eden
This poem highlights how the natural world is different to the divine world
It was difficult for people to believe in religion at this time, with figures such as Darwin.
There was the belief that the true home is with God
Same structure that was used in Tennysons work- the envelope structure it was expected that the readers of Rossetti was know as such.
Milton books 9/10
what are 5 key quotes and their significance?
“all flowers bedewed and green”- link to fertility
Relate to the world and its falleness- grief. Repetition is a key device that is used within the work of Rossetti, yet in this poem she uses repetition but with a difference- the repeated reference to the “spirt”, sense that she wants comfort
“and dear, they are but not so dear”- this may reflect a sense of unease.
