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SCARLET by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SIT A QUEEN, AND AM NO WIDOW, AND SHALL SEE NO SORROW
Last Line: BETHINK THEE: TODAY MUST END; THERE IS NO END OF TOMORROW.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; GRIEF; WOMEN; SORROW; SADNESS;
"I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow" --
Yea, scarlet woman, today: but not yea at all tomorrow.
Scarlet queen on a scarlet throne all today without sorrow,
Bethink thee: today must end; there is no end of tomorrow.



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