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1859 narrative poem by Christina Rossetti

Goblin Market (composed in April 1859 and published in 1862) is a narrative poem by Christina Rossetti.

It tells the story of sisters Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted with fruit by goblin merchants.^[1] In a letter to her publisher, Rossetti claimed that the poem, which is interpreted frequently as having features of remarkably sexual imagery, was not meant for children.

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However, in public Rossetti often stated that it was intended for children, and went on to write many children's poems. When it appeared in her first volume of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems, it was illustrated by her brother, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Plot

Goblin Market tells the adventures of two close sisters, Laura and Lizzie, with the river goblins.

Although the sisters seem to be quite young, they live by themselves in a house, and draw water every evening from a stream.

As the poem begins,