Rossetti << roh SEHT ee >>, Christina Georgina (1830-1894), was a gifted English poet. Many of her poems are melancholy and deal with symbolic religious themes. One of her best works is “Goblin Market” (1862), a fantasy about a girl’s love for her sister. She wrote “Goblin Market” in an exciting, fast-paced style that makes the poem particularly effective when read aloud. Rossetti’s other works include Sing-Song (1872), a nursery rhyme collection; and two volumes of religious prose—Annus Domini (1874) and Seek and Find (1879). See Goblin Market.
Rossetti was born on Dec. 5, 1830, in London. She lived a quiet, religious life and died on Dec. 29, 1894. Her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a famous English poet and painter.
