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sh3rrr's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
3.5
Main topics of the different poems are love lost, time passing, grief, death, religion and loneliness.
There was one poem where I was surprised the person the woman waited for showed up
It turned out he showed up as a ghost. I should've known better by then XD
Excerpts from the other poems (not Goblin's market)
I wept for memory;
She sang for hope that is so fair:
My tears were swallowed by the sea;
Her songs died on the air.
A sigh because the days are long!
Long long these days that pass in sighing,
A burden saddens every song:
While time lags who should be flying,
We live who would be dying.
'Feel not after my clasping hand:
I am but a shadow, come from the meadow
Where many lie, but no tree can stand.
'We are trees which have shed their leaves:
Our heads lie low there, but no tears flow there;
Only I grieve for my wife who grieves.
'I could rest if you would not moan
Hour after hour; I have no power
To shut my ears where I lie alone.
'I could rest if you would not cry;
Because you're handsome, Helen Grey,
Is that a reason to be proud?
Your eyes are bold, your laugh is loud,
Your steps go mincing on their way;
But so you miss that modest charm
Which is the surest charm of all:
Take heed, you yet may trip and fall,
And no man care to stretch his arm.
Yet now, before our sun grow dark at noon,
Before we come to nought beneath Thy rod,
Before we go down quick into the pit,
Remember us for good, O God, our God:—
Thy Name will I remember, praising it,
Though Thou forget me, though Thou hide Thy face,
And blot me from the Book which Thou hast writ;
Thy Name will I remember in my praise
And call to mind Thy faithfulness of old,
Though as a weaver Thou cut off my days,
And end me as a tale ends that is told.
There was one poem where I was surprised the person the woman waited for showed up
Excerpts from the other poems (not Goblin's market)
She sang for hope that is so fair:
My tears were swallowed by the sea;
Her songs died on the air.
Long long these days that pass in sighing,
A burden saddens every song:
While time lags who should be flying,
We live who would be dying.
I am but a shadow, come from the meadow
Where many lie, but no tree can stand.
'We are trees which have shed their leaves:
Our heads lie low there, but no tears flow there;
Only I grieve for my wife who grieves.
'I could rest if you would not moan
Hour after hour; I have no power
To shut my ears where I lie alone.
'I could rest if you would not cry;
Is that a reason to be proud?
Your eyes are bold, your laugh is loud,
Your steps go mincing on their way;
But so you miss that modest charm
Which is the surest charm of all:
Take heed, you yet may trip and fall,
And no man care to stretch his arm.
Before we come to nought beneath Thy rod,
Before we go down quick into the pit,
Remember us for good, O God, our God:—
Thy Name will I remember, praising it,
Though Thou forget me, though Thou hide Thy face,
And blot me from the Book which Thou hast writ;
Thy Name will I remember in my praise
And call to mind Thy faithfulness of old,
Though as a weaver Thou cut off my days,
And end me as a tale ends that is told.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, and Abandonment
Minor: Slavery, Infertility, Pregnancy, Child death, and Infidelity
krobart's review against another edition
3.0
I could not find the exact edition of poetry that I read, which was The Goblin Market and Selected Poems. Here is my review of that:
http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/day-623-the-goblin-market-and-selected-poems/
http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/day-623-the-goblin-market-and-selected-poems/
e1lie's review against another edition
4.0
read this for lit nea
honestly, it would be a lie to say a part of me didn't fall slightly in love with this poem. though long and slightly arduous it was like taryn and jude in classical lit.
though sadly no cardan.
honestly, it would be a lie to say a part of me didn't fall slightly in love with this poem. though long and slightly arduous it was like taryn and jude in classical lit.
though sadly no cardan.
prof_pelon's review against another edition
4.0
I love Goblin Market and her other poems are great as well. I probably shouldn't have read a whole book of poetry in one sitting though because it gets old fast.
emlickliter's review against another edition
5.0
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti -- I love Christina Rossetti with my whole heart. She is the epitome of Victorian poetry in my opinion, so I hope you enjoy this too! Happy Reading!
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