Winter: my secret

• "But only just my fun" the secret is her power, the only thing she can control, female agency, gossip her protection
• "I wear my mask for warmth" duality, appearance vs reality
• "My secret's mine, and I won't tell" what is the secret? how women endure suffering? mystery of women?
• "I wear my mask for warmth" links to Helmer not letting Nora wear outside clothes so she has no secrets
• None of the seasons are good enough in Winter my secret as "Spring's an expansive time", people are outside more in summer so its easier to hide a secret in winter
• Can link winter my secret to tarantella and the importance of female sexuality
• At the end of the poem we still never find out the secret, mocks audience as its an impossible and imperfect world
• In winter my secret none of the seasons are described specifically enough and there is never an appropriate time to reveal a woman's secret, world isn't good enough for women?
• What themes does Winter my secret link to?

  Truth, lies and secrets
• "wraps" affords a kind of safety from the cold and the prying eyes of onlookers who want to know her secret
• A03: alludes to Rosetti's own relationships with men, the man has to know everything going on in their wife's lives