1
Q
Women have no agency and are disempowered through romantic love
A
‘Yet a woman’s words are weak’
‘You took my heart in your hand’
‘(O my love, O my love)’
2
Q
Romantic love brings pain and suffering
A
‘You took my heart in your hand… and set it down’
‘As you set it down it broke’
3
Q
Man has the power to judge and critique
A
With a critical eye you scanned’
‘Your judgment’
4
Q
Godly love allows a woman power and agency
A
‘I take my hand in my heart’
‘O my God, O my God’
‘Contemned’ and ‘marred’ man
5
Q
God can cleanse, restore and protect your heart
A
‘Refine with fire its gold, Purge Thou its dross away’
‘Whence none can pluck it out’
6
Q
Sense of eternal love with God
A
‘I shall not die, but live’
A Level Eng - Rossetti
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