1. Poetry of Christian Rossetti
... futile as she will be oblivious to all of his conventional acts of mourning and love lost. The language in this poem is unsurprisingly full of images and connotations of death and funerals. The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". She lists all the traditional acts executed after a death: " sad songs roses cypress- and then goes on to ... implore her lover to refute them all. She uses images full of vitality which appeal to the senses to imply her lack of any fear of dying: the green ... ...
- Word Count: 2526
- Approx Pages: 10
- Grade Level: Undergraduate