Autumn Song
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘Autumn Song’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti describes the pains experienced by nature at the end of autumn and how these pains are translated to humankind.
Sonnet LXXVII
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘Sonnet LXXVII’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti concerns aestheticism, or the manifestations of Beauty, as a form of religious obsession.
Sudden Light
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘Sudden Light’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti describes a speaker’s moments of recollection when faced with an emotional scene involving someone he loves.
The Blessed Damozel
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘The Blessed Damozel’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is a ballad that is dedicated to the love between a woman trapped in heaven and a man stuck on Earth.
The blessed Damozel lean'd out From the gold bar of Heaven: Her blue grave eyes were deeper much Than a deep water, even.
The House of Life: 19. Silent Noon
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘The House of Life: 19. Silent Noon’ describes an “inarticulate” moment of peace that two lovers spend within the grass of a pasture.
The Staircase of Notre Dame, Paris
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘The Staircase of Notre Dame, Paris’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is a fourteen-line sonnet that is contained within one block
