AO3 Rossetti Flashcards
Rossetti’s descriptions of herself
“unknown and unpublished”
“nameless rhymester.”
Quote about flawed character traits
“I hope that I shall not be misunderstood as guilty of egotism or foolish vanity”
Quote about her use of poetry
“my love for what is good in the works of others teaches one that there is something above the despicable in mine; that poetry is with me, not a mechanism, but an impulse and a reality; and that I know my aims in writing to be pure, and directed to that which is true and right.”
Where she is comfortable…
“I feel at home among anxieties and depression”
Rossetti on the poor
the contrast between London luxury and London destitution is really appalling. All sorts of gaieties advertised, and deaths by exposure or starvation recorded in the same newspaper.
