Rosetti linkage by theme Flashcards
(78 cards)
What poems link to the theme ‘Doubt / Uncertainty’?
- What Would I Give? – speaker’s internal uncertainty about faith and emotion
- Echo – longing for contact with the dead but unsure if it’s possible
- Maude Clare – questions about love, loyalty, and sincerity
- Twice – spiritual versus emotional uncertainty and judgement
What poems link to the theme ‘Remembrance’?
- Remember – direct meditation on memory and the afterlife
- Echo – remembrance through mourning and dreams
- At Home – forgotten by the living, observing from the afterlife
- Memory – the burden and blessing of recollection
- Passing and Glassing – reflects on how memory distorts over time
- An Apple Gathering – guilt over moral choices and their consequences
What poems link to the theme ‘Guilt’?
- What Would I Give? – guilt over spiritual emptiness
- Twice – guilt from worldly desire, seeking redemption
- The World – guilt tied to temptation and surface beauty
- Goblin Market – Lizzie avoids guilt through sacrifice; Laura is saved from it
What poems link to the theme ‘Earthly & Heavenly Love’?
- A Birthday – intense joy likely tied to spiritual love
- Twice – contrast between earthly and divine love
- Up-Hill – journey to heavenly reward
- The World – outer beauty vs inner damnation
- A Christmas Carol – rejoicing in heavenly love above earthly status
What poems link to the theme ‘Inconsistency of Love’?
- May – changeability in affection
- Maude Clare – broken love, contrast between lovers
- An Apple Gathering – love’s withdrawal has social impact
- Twice – initial romantic rejection, followed by spiritual security
- Some Ladies Dressed in Muslin Full and White – shifts in affection across class lines
What poems link to the theme ‘Ambiguity / Duality’?
The World – dual nature of beauty/evil
What poems link to the theme ‘Ambiguity / Duality’?
Goblin Market – temptation vs salvation
What poems link to the theme ‘Ambiguity / Duality’?
Echo – dream/reality, life/death
What poems link to the theme ‘Ambiguity / Duality’?
As Froth on the Face of the Deep – poetic and moral ambiguity
What poems link to the theme ‘Ambiguity / Duality’?
Babylon the Great – feminine evil conflated with grandeur
What poems link to the theme ‘Speaker or Narrator’?
Twice – intensely personal, direct address
What poems link to the theme ‘Speaker or Narrator’?
What Would I Give? – inwardly reflective
What poems link to the theme ‘Speaker or Narrator’?
Piteous My Rhyme Is – poetic self-awareness
What poems link to the theme ‘Speaker or Narrator’?
Memory – intimate, subjective voice
What poems link to the theme ‘Speaker or Narrator’?
Echo – speaker longs for the dead
What poems link to the theme ‘Death’?
Remember – gentle acceptance of death
What poems link to the theme ‘Death’?
Echo – desire for afterlife communication
What poems link to the theme ‘Death’?
At Home – awareness of being dead, forgotten
What poems link to the theme ‘Death’?
Up-Hill – death as a spiritual journey
What poems link to the theme ‘Death’?
Memory – awareness of mortality
What poems link to the theme ‘Devotion’?
A Christmas Carol – devotional praise
What poems link to the theme ‘Devotion’?
Twice – shift from romantic to divine devotion
What poems link to the theme ‘Devotion’?
Up-Hill – Christian perseverance
What poems link to the theme ‘Devotion’?
A Helpmeet for Him – idealised wifely devotion