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Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

3.0

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Overall Score - 3.5 stars.

Goblin Market - 3.75 stars
Dream Land - 4 stars
Song #1 - 3.75 stars
An End - 3 stars
A Pause of Thought - 4.25 stars
Sweet Death - 3 stars
A Birthday - 3.25 stars
Babylon the Great - 3 stars
On Keats - 3 stars
In an Artist's Studio - 3.25 stars
The Queen of Hearts - 4 stars
A Christmas Carol - 3.75 stars
An Old-World Thicket - 2.5 stars
Spring Quiet - 3.75 stars
Up-Hill - 3.25 stars
Song #2 - 3.5 stars
A Dirge - 4 stars
A Frog's Fate - 4 stars
My Dream - 3 stars
Nursery Rhymes from Sing-Song - 4 stars

This was a Penguin Little Black Classics book, compiling the poetry of Christina Rossetti. These were not the first Rossetti poems I have read, but my Rossetti experience was limited. Some of these poems were absolutely fantastic, with ‘Dream Land’, ‘A Pause of Thought’, ‘The Queen of Hearts’, ‘A Dirge’, ‘A Frog’s Fate’ and ‘Nursery Rhymes From Sing-Song’ really standing out to me. There were very few weak poems, and overall, I enjoyed this collection. I would have liked to see 'Sister Maude' make an appearance, though.

Taken from https://emdoesbookreviews.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/what-i-have-read-during-my-absence/#more-1031