To-Day for Me by Christina Georgina Rossetti
France is personified as a trembling, grieving woman who mourns her slaughtered sons and asks for her wounded to be tended. The speaker shares her sorrow, urges the armed aggressors to withdraw and let her recover in peace, and asks which nation will next endure such suffering.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: War Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 337 words
First lines
The German-French Campaign, 1870-1871. These two pieces, written during the suspense of a great nation's agony, aim at expressing human sympathy, not political bias.
She sitteth still who used to dance, / She weepeth sore and more and more -- / Let us sit with thee weeping sore, / O fair France!
Genres
- War Poetry — The introductory note names the German-French Campaign of 1870–1871, while the verses mourn slaughtered sons and wounded people and demand an end to the assault.
- Lyric Poetry — Short rhyming stanzas repeatedly address France, expressing shared grief and pleading for her recovery.
Tags
war · France · bereavement · national suffering · peace · personification
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: War Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 337 words
- Structure: 1 section, 9 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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