Up-Hill by Christina Georgina Rossetti
A questioner asks whether an uphill journey will last all day and whether shelter, company, and comfort await at night. The answering voice promises an unmistakable inn, a welcome from earlier wayfarers, and beds for everyone who comes.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Poetry, Dialogue, Allegorical Poetry · 179 words
First lines
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? / Yes, to the very end. / Will the day's journey take the whole long day? / From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting-place? / A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. / May not the darkness hide it from my face? / You cannot miss that inn.
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? / Those who have gone before. / Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? / They will not keep you standing at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak? / Of labor you shall find the sum. / Will there be beds for me and all who seek? / Yea, beds for all who come.
Genres
- Poetry — Four rhyming stanzas alternate questions about the journey with answers promising rest.
- Dialogue — One voice asks about the road, the inn, and its welcome; another answers each question.
- Allegorical Poetry — The unbroken ascent, day-long labor, and final shelter for all suggest a larger passage through hardship toward rest.
Tags
uphill journey · wayfarers · hospitality · rest · reassurance · allegory
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Dialogue, Allegorical Poetry
- Length: 179 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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