Rosetti link eachother

Question 1

Remember & Echo

Answer 1

Both explore mourning and remembrance after death. ‘Remember’ is peaceful and resigned, while ‘Echo’ is raw and emotional. Links: death, remembrance, love + loss.

Question 2

Twice & What Would I Give?

Answer 2

Both show emotional and spiritual reflection. ‘Twice’ moves from romantic heartbreak to divine love; ‘What Would I Give?’ shows guilt and yearning for purity. Links: guilt, devotion, love + loss.

Question 3

An Apple Gathering & Maude Clare

Answer 3

Both depict failed or unequal relationships. ‘Maude Clare’ shows female assertion; ‘An Apple Gathering’ shows social punishment. Links: inconsistency in love, female roles, gender expectations.

Question 4

Goblin Market & The World

Answer 4

Both critique temptation and surface beauty. ‘Goblin Market’ uses fruit as seduction; ‘The World’ presents beauty as a façade hiding corruption. Links: sin, temptation, ambiguity, duality.

Question 5

A Christmas Carol & A Birthday

Answer 5

Both express joy in spiritual love. ‘A Birthday’ is personal and metaphorical; ‘A Christmas Carol’ is devotional and communal. Links: religion, heavenly love, happiness.

Question 6

Some Ladies Dressed in Muslin Full and White & Lovely Woman, Pitiful

Answer 6

Both critique female idealisation. The former contrasts class and virtue; the latter explores emotional cost of being idealised. Links: gender roles, social expectations.

Question 7

Up-Hill & A Helpmeet for Him

Answer 7

Both present Christian ideals. ‘Up-Hill’ offers spiritual equality in the afterlife; ‘Helpmeet’ defines women’s earthly role in service to men. Links: religion, devotion, marriage.

Question 8

Memory & Passing and Glassing

Answer 8

Both reflect on memory and time. ‘Memory’ is burdened by loss; ‘Passing and Glassing’ shows perception and ageing through mirror imagery. Links: remembrance, ambiguity.

Question 9

May & Echo

Answer 9

Both show longing and changeable emotions. ‘May’ focuses on unreliable love; ‘Echo’ on desire for return. Links: inconsistency of love, intense feelings, nature.

Question 10

Babylon the Great & As Froth on the Face of the Deep

Answer 10

Both use complex symbolism to explore sin and instability. ‘Babylon’ critiques female corruption; ‘As Froth…’ explores moral ambiguity. Links: ambiguity, sin, female identity.