Write About The Way Rossetti Aims To Make The Begi

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Write about the way Rossetti aims to make the beginning of Goblin Market exciting. In Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti metre, imagery, repetition along with other structure, language and form techniques are used to make the beginning of the poem exciting. In the first line of stanza one, Rossetti uses contrast to excite the reader with “Morning and evening”. The word “Morning” could represent a force of good as light represents innocence while “evening” represents a force of evil. This sets the tone of the poem suggesting that there is a struggle between good and evil creating a sense of anticipation, the reader wanting to find out which side prevails. Alternatively, it could represent to sides of a conscience, one being good and one being evil. The fact that the word “Morning” is placed before “evening” suggests that the force of good is the driving force and will win overall defeating and belittling the force of evil causing the reader to develop an interest in the content of them poem. Immediately after the first example, excitement is created through Rossetti’s use of repetition of “Come buy” which is repeated again at the end of the stanza. The harsh sound of the letter “C” is dominant and connotes violence, suggesting that the goblin has sinister motives as they try to tempt the maidens. The repetition of “Come buy” also creates a haunting and unearthly atmosphere reinforcing the sinister motives which the goblins suggest. This makes the beginning of the poem exciting as the reader is intrigued as to why the goblins want the maidens to buy the fruits and what their motives were, anticipation being created. Rossetti’s use of plosive language also helps to create excitement with “Plump unpecked cherries” being described. In the poem the fruit represents sex with the goblins representing the evil men who take women’s virginity and destroy their status.
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