What do you find to admire in the poetry of Christina Rossetti? :: English Literature

What do you find to admire in the poetry of Christina Rossetti?Christina Rossetti was born on the 5th celestial latitude 1830 and died in 1894.She was an English poet and a devout High Anglican, from an Anglo -Italian background. She also was the sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti,who was a famous artist.Christina Rossetti could be described as one of the nineteenth Centurysgreat odd women. Even though she did have a variety of poems, no onehas said she was a great poet however, the reason why we are so interested in her is because she was writing poetry in VictorianEngland and middle - class women were not seen to have any power. Thefact that she had even been writing poetry was very(prenominal) unusual, as mostfemales had little rights at this time.Most of her poetry expresses unfulfilled spiritual yearning,frustrated love and the sadness that is spread through her poems maybe due to unhappy love affairs in her youth, or to the ill health sheconstantly suffered. Some examples of thi s are, When I am dead andAfter death. These poems are seemingly close to death and her poems aresometimes optimistic and depressing. But simply by writing poetry atthis time, she was making a statement about how a lot of women feltduring this period.One of the things I admire in the poetry of Christina Rossetti is thatshe was very honest in what she wrote. She was not afraid to express private thoughts for example in A Birthday she says, My heart islike a singing bird. This is very dramatic as she normally writesabout darker feelings. Christina Rossetti is also not afraid of deathas she has strong religious beliefs that echo through each poem. Forexample in Song, she expresses that in some way she is lookingforward to death and she feels that when she dies she exit be a peace.When she wrote her poems, most of them were very depressing but shedid, from time, to time write about bliss for example the poem,which I mentioned previously, A Birthday. This poem is abouthappiness and f eelings of love that inspire her. In it, she is veryhappy and she cannot describe how she feels enough.Another thing that I admire is that she had the ability to write indifferent poetic styles ballads, sonnets and songs, among others.Ballads are a simple song and are very sentimental often with severalverses, with the same beat and rhythm. Maude Clare is an example ofa Ballad.