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Goblin Market - Definition |
| Related Words: Mab, Oberon, Titania, Banshee, Brownie, Demon, Dwarf, Elf, Fairy, Fay, Gnome, Gremlin, Hob, Hobgoblin, Imp, Kobold, Leprechaun, Nix, Nixie, Peri, Pixie |
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Goblin Market is an important moral and philosophical poem by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti ostensibly in the guise of a fantasy entertainment for children. It is written as an extended series of rhyming couplets.
The poem deals implicitly with the ambiguous nature of the female role in Victorian society and is highly allusive to Biblical imagery (notably the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden and The Fall).
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