She is metaphysical in that her poetry seeks to resolve, and is a novel means for resolving, a fundamental tension … More
Tag: Christina Rossetti
125. (Christina G. Rossetti)
Patience is the activity and end of Christina G. Rossetti’s poetry: patience for the time of God, for death, for … More
99. (William Empson)
Whatever else its relationship to genre, wit is a particular way of coping with the world’s fragility, its tendency to … More
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