From House to Home
A speaker recalls a paradise within her soul, where she lived with a beloved companion until he departed and its life and warmth vanished. In a trance, she sees a woman endure thorns and a bitter cup, then witnesses her reunion with her love among those worshipping Christ. The speaker refuses to rebuild her former illusions and resolves to endure pain while waiting upon God.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Religious Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Allegorical Poetry · 2,508 words
First lines
The first was like a dream through summer heat, / The second like a tedious numbing swoon, / While the half-frozen pulses lagged to beat / Beneath a winter moon.
"But," says my friend, "what was this thing and where? " / It was a pleasure-place within my soul; / An earthly paradise supremely fair / That lured me from the goal.
Genres
- Religious Poetry — Visions of resurrection and worship of Christ lead the speaker to accept suffering and wait upon God.
- Narrative Poetry — Rhymed quatrains recount the companion's departure, the collapse of an inner paradise, a trance and the speaker's renewed resolve.
- Allegorical Poetry — The paradise within the soul, the house of lies, the thorns and the transformed bitter cup give concrete shapes to illusion, suffering and faith.
Tags
spiritual visions · separation · suffering · Christian faith · resurrection · heavenly reunion
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Religious Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Allegorical Poetry
- Length: 2,508 words
- Structure: 1 section, 57 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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