Could you give me an Analysis of Christina rossetti's poem Jessie Cameron?

Answer 1

The young man in, another poem by Rossetti, Jessie Cameron is described as having "gipsy blood" and "some say his grandmam was a witch"- again a male character is described in a demeaning way as worthless. The male character expresses his undying love for Jessie Cameron, whom is represented as a rather outspoken female which was an untraditional element in women of the Victorian age- similarly to Cousin Kate; this poem involves an unusually outspoken female character. The strength within this character is illustrated by her strong rejection of the persistent suitor. As a woman, being single was not accepted in the Victorian times as a legitimate choice that a woman could make. It was seen as a last resort and it was believed that if a woman was unmarried she was supposedly incomplete, but Rossetti challenges this belief. The poet changes the gender roles, in a way that the male is the weaker character whom is being rejected, rather than the other way round.