The poem "The Blessed Damozel" is an amazing poem filled
with rich imagery, details which paint a vivid picture for the engaged reader, and
passion all created with precision through word choice.
The
poem is the story of a woman anxiously waiting at the edge of Heaven for her lover to
join her after his death. The use of imagery (as completely described in the first link
below) fills the poem with a mental description which allows readers to see Heaven as if
painted by the hand of an artist and not a poet. Visually, there is no question about
the surroundings the blessed damozel sees around
herself.
While the poem is simply about the love one has
for another, Rossetti insures that the reader see the the emotional and physical drain
love has on one when separated from another.
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