Goblin Market

Rossetti's goblin-fruit fable: two sisters, temptation, and redemption in Pre-Raphaelite verse.

Specifications & Metrics

author

Christina Rossetti

type

Narrative poem

era

Victorian (1862)

language

English

verse form

Rhymed irregular lyric measures

cantos count

1

Core Principles & Analysis

• Published in Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862.
• Its goblin men's fruits and Laura's wasting have been read as allegory, economics, and desire.
• Rossetti's brother Dante Gabriel, a Pre-Raphaelite founder, drew its illustrations.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Goblin Market