Cousin Kate

Similarly to Goblin market this poem presents men in a very low light and my question would be why is Rosetti so focused on showing men like this. In this poem cousin Kate she uses words like "he changed me like a glove" the fact she uses the word glove highlights the fact that she fits his hand and is perfect for him but when the glove gets worn out or the season changes he just removes it. Just as easy to put on as it is to take off. Their could also be this idea she is presenting that whenever a man touches a women it becomes "unclean" is she trying to imply something about the men they are corruptive and cause destruction?. 

In the same way again to goblin market without men we see these really naive beautiful pure women "hardened by sun and air" meaning strengthened by everything good "maidens" young virgin but these women are the prime target for men beautiful and naive taken in without the knowledge of the world. 

I believe Rosetti got her inspiration from the women her sister worked with at the prostitution center, speaking to them she probably established that it was the most unlikely people you would think to be "lured" in but she wants to say you may have grown up in a perfect world but you are in danger of not knowing the temptation in the world out their which will harm you and their was probably a pattern occurring in the women that she saw. 

Goblin market 3

This poem although is an idea unhighly looked upon I think is very christian based. Christina Rossetti being a christian herself would quite explain all the biblical terms made. Some people would link this in with redemption. "she clung about her sister kissed and kissed" . The fact that "she clung" could be a representation of when jesus says I will never leave you nor forsake you. I also think its really key that it was a "sister" used god is said to be our father which is obviously a relation and so is this. Is rossetti trying to show us the love that jesus has for us that when we return to him he will great us with open arms "kissed and kissed" just like the story in the bible of the prodicle son. No matter what sin has taken place we will still be invited back with open arms. another thought could be lizzie, a representation of jesus christ "stamped upon her tender feet" shows the violence and abuse and at this point we think maybe jesus / lizzie will give into temptation but she doesnt as it says " royal virgin town" "like a rock" so firm like jesus so beautiful sinless and pure "white and golden". whe jesus got tempted in the wilderness 40 days and 40 nights but never gave in. Then the most beautiful line "one may lead a horse to water, Twenty cannot make him drink". This just somes up for me jesus but also human beings the excuse often used is "im human , We sin" but I love the way this just says no sin can be tempting but no one no goblin (satan) can draw you in and for jesus sin didn't. Coming to the end we say just like in the bible a sacrifice has to be made to take away all the sin of the world when "is it death or is it life" this is just like when jesus was crucified and resirected from the dead and runs back to all his disciples " never mind  my bruises" like the scars in jesus hands he is just so happy to see them.

Goblin Market 2

In class i studied this poem from a marxist p.o.v and for different parts i can see the relevance of different ways of looking at it but as a poem overall I see it as a femenist poem the way in which it seems like men aren't needed and before men came along everything was beautiful and special. lizzie and laura had "golden hair" but at twilight "when they hear the goblin men cry" everything seems to corrupt. Even at the end of the poem there isn't any mention of fathers when the two sisters have children and at the end things start to get better again its almost saying that men  cause corruption women without them are pure clean. We could also look at this through the eyes of rosetti, she was a christian and maybe in this poem she is grouping the type of men who may steel the virginity from them that people outside the church will practise sex before marriage and from a moral view you will end up with no father for being tempted into the wrong kind of men. You see the moral as the sister"tell their children" but maybe the poem could be a moral to you women.

Women in this poem could be looked upon as naive and it could seem like rossetti is trying to tell women what looks good "fruit" is not always good inside, and the fact lizzie had to "cover her eyes" is almost like rossetti saying you girls are weak, hold strong. After writing this i think I have changed my mind and see this to be more of an instruction of awareness to women but also a moral to take away and I believe rossetti wrote it the way she did just to say look is this how I have to put it before you stupid women have to see.

Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti's relationship formed the basis for some of her poems going againts heart and soul she also had a break down when she was a teenager and this inspired some of her poetry.
She has also been seen as quite a femanist and the poem Goblin market was supposedly inspired from her sisters work at a prostitution centre. This poem although she was a big star and this was a masterpiece she didn't want to say anymore about.
God was a main part of Rossetti's life a poem was wrote as if a conversation between the two.
Rossetti's poems were based around strong emotions and feelings.
.In the time of rossetti women were looked at as lower they would be sseen very low for doing anything bad i believe in goblin men she wants to show men in a worser light.
the poem goblin me could also be a referance to her father leaving and her mother left single just like in the poem.

English Lesson 2 - Goblin market

The poem goblin market was discoverd to be a metaphor for the temptation that a man potrays to a women. I believe rossetti is a femanist  and places a very negative and grim view on men as she refers to them as "Goblins", she also potrays this view that men trhink only about sex as the line "come buy comeby" is repeated throught the poem highlighting that this is mens main focus but also the fact that she uses the words "
come buy" suggests rossetti sees them as cheap as you can "buy" that they have a price. Rossetti also uses anamalistic descriptions to describe them like "crawl", "snail", "prowled". This highlights just how snealy and slow they are, although she does say "must not look" which shows that there must be something attractive about them that you need to "cover up her eyes".