... like picturesque flowers. By associating women with flowers such as the dragon's-mouth that will "bark" and "bite" she disrupts the tameness associated with botanicals and allows for a different way of perceiving the woman in her social construct. Lewis Carroll uses flowers in a similar way in Through the Looking-Glass as the flowers in the garden of live flowers treat Alice rudely instead of with docility. Moreover, by ending her ... poem with holly, Rossetti reminds her readers of the seasonal movements throughout the book as a whole. As we reach the end of the book we are also reachi...

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