Winter: my Secret by Christina Georgina Rossetti
A speaker refuses to tell a curious listener a secret, then suggests there may be no secret at all. Winter cold and distrust of spring provide reasons for withholding it; on a suitably mild summer day, the speaker might tell it or let the listener guess.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Dramatic Monologue · 384 words
First lines
I tell my secret? No indeed, not I: / Perhaps some day, who knows? / But not to-day; it froze, and blows, and snows, / And you're too curious: fie! / You want to hear it? well: / Only, my secret's mine, and I won't tell.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Rhymed stanzas present a speaker's playful refusal to disclose a secret through descriptions of cold, protective clothing, and changing seasons.
- Dramatic Monologue — One speaker addresses a curious listener, responds to the listener's desire to hear the secret, and leaves its existence and disclosure uncertain.
Tags
secrecy · privacy · winter · changing seasons · playful refusal
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Dramatic Monologue
- Length: 384 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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