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Details the theme of death in three works by Christina Rossetti, a Pre-Raphalite female poet of the Victorian Era. "Resurrection Eve," "An End," and "Love, Strong as Death, is Dead" are all cited, and their themes are illustrated in a review of her own life. All poems used are included at the end of the paper.

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"As a young woman succumbs to the unknown, there is no fear in her lyric. She is unafraid and grateful for the shelter that is provided for her in the dark cover of death, surrounded by the beauty of nature, and away from those who might try to keep her in the "struggle and horror" of the living. There is certainly no mistaking Christina Rossetti's voice in her work, nor her deep Romantic ties. Her work was always simple but complex, her dramatic gestures never overt or overplayed. Unlike other Romantic poets, Rossetti's heavy sigh and grand laments were much more obscure, never over the top. While Rossetti was "romantically in love with her woes," (106, Guide) shown in great detail in her many poems dealing with death, she made no real dramatic gestures."

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