Rossetti began writing poetry at 12, and was first published at 18.
Rossetti’s first collection was ‘Goblin Market and Other Poems‘, published in 1862 when she was 31.
Rossetti was critically acclaimed and popular.
While Elizabeth Barrett Browning often wrote very political or socially motivated poetry, Rossetti rarely approached any political message directly.
One of Elizabeth Barrett Browning‘s famous political and social poems was ‘The Cry of the Children’, which is a plea to consider the pain and difficulty caused by child labour in factories.
While many of Rossetti’s poems explore a women’s role and place, she fails to include a didactic message or moral.
What movement was Rossetti influenced by?
The Romantic Movement
Name 3 Romantic Poets Who Influenced Rossetti
Shelley
Keats
Worthworth
What did Romantics Privilege?
Romantics privileged nature and the intense beauty of emotion above all else.
Rossetti’s romantic movement influence is evident through her use of natural imagery and her use of symbolism, especially in her lyric poems such as ‘Song’ and ‘A Birthday’.
Rossetti read a lot of Gothic Literature as a child, and this influence can be seen through her use of dead speakers in ’Remember‘ and ‘Song’, as well as the references to darkness, blood, and death.
