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Christina Georgina Rossetti
About Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christine Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was an English Poet. She wrote a wide variety of romantic, devotional and children's poems. She is famous for her poems Goblin Market and 'Remember', and the Christmas carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter'.
Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day's journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is these for the night a resting-place?
A roof for when the slow dark hours hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
Those who have gone before.
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
They will not keep you standing at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
Of labour you shall find the sum.
Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
Yea, beds for all who come.
−Christina Rossetti
Available Answers
- 1.
Fill in the blanks.
- The road that the poet talks about is not straight but _________________.
- The person that the traveller talks to addresses her as a _________________.
- The resting place is _________________ to spot.
- At night, the traveller can _________________ at an inn.
- The traveller will not be _________________ at the resting place because there will be other _________________ there.
- 2.Does the road get easier along the way? Pick phrases or lines that give us the answer to this question.
- 3.How long will the journey take to complete?
- 4.What does the traveller require when the dark hours begin?
- 5.Why is the traveller worried about missing the inn?
- 6.
Explain this line in your own words: 'Of labour you shall find the sum.'
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