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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago

Rest - Christina Rossetti

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00 Could anyone please offer their insight of what this poem means? It's Rest by Christina Georgina Rossetti. 01a05000 02a02br
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00I am thinking that Rossetti is talking about a female in a coffin who has passed away, and the glory of heaven to which she will be experiencing. But I don't think I see the in-depth meaning of the poem; just the general gist.02br
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0 She is indeed eulogizing someone who has died. She is saying the the person had wearied of earthly matters, and is now in peace; and that when she wakes once more at the Resurrection, it will seem as though no time at all had passed since her death. 0-

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  • 0 She is indeed eulogizing someone who has died.
  • She is saying the the person had wearied of earthly matters, and is now in peace; and that when she wakes once more at the Resurrection, it will seem as though no time at all had passed since her death.
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0 She is indeed eulogizing someone who has died. She is saying the the person had wearied of earthly matters, and is now in peace; and that when she wakes once more at the Resurrection, it will seem as though no time at all had passed since her death. Christina Rossetti herself suffered severe ill-health and much of her work expresses a longing for the peace of death.0-
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