Sonnets are Full of Love, and this My Tome
Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · English
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What to Focus On
- Poet: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Published in: 1881, in *A Pageant and Other Poems*
- Form: Sonnet (14 lines)
- 14 lines total
- Octave (lines 1–8) and sestet (lines 9–14)
- Rhyme scheme: ABBA ABBA CDC DCD
- Main theme: Unconditional maternal love
- Contrast with romantic love
- Metaphor: 'loadstar' = guiding force
Common Mistakes to Avoid
The 'love' in the poem is romantic love, like in most sonnets.
'Tome' means a long, heavy book, so the poem must be very long.
'My heart’s quiet home' means a physical house where she feels safe.
Memory Tips
Definition of a sonnet: 14 lines, specific rhyme and rhythm
The poem is a tribute to the poet’s mother on her 80th birthday
Mother as the 'loadstar'
The phrase 'heart’s quiet home'
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