Christina Rossetti
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Poems By CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
"I wish I could remember that first day"Poet Categorization
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
LIFE SPAN 1830–1894
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Biography
Christina Rossetti was born in London to an artistic family — her brother was the famous poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and her house was a regular meeting place for the group of artists later called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. As a devout Anglican, Rossetti called off a two-year engagement when her fiancé converted to Roman Catholicism. Despite a lifetime of illness, Rossetti continued to write poetry. Today she is . . .
