In The Round Tower At Jhansi, June 8 1857

Question 1

The only line in the poem which describes the rebels, and does so in a very negative way

Answer 1

“swarming, howling wretches below”

Question 2

Adjectives used to describe Captain Skene’s wife which shows how she fits the Victorian ideal of a woman

Answer 2

“pale young wife”

Question 3

A line which describes Skene and his wife is a way which makes the reader view them as the ‘heroes’ and romanticises their situation

Answer 3

“Young, strong, and so full of life”

Question 4

Rossetti hinting that the actions of Skene and his wife are a sin but that they see no other way out

Answer 4

“God forgive them this!”

Question 5

Skene demonstrating his masculinity and his familiarity with sacrifice and courage

Answer 5

“I wish I could bear the pang for both.”
“Courage dear, I am loth.”

Question 6

A line that is almost identical to the final line of Romeo and Juliet that further romanticises the pair

Answer 6

“It is not pain / Thus to kiss and die.”