![]() ![]() ![]() One day the goblins catch up with Laura and tempt her to buy fruits from them. The goblins have been described in the poem as having different characteristic features like one having a cat face, other crawling like a snail, etc. Although her sister Lizzie, also at times struggles with the same desire of wanting to eat the fruits, she quickly controls her urge. The poem describes the sisters huddling together every night and sleeping.Īs the story progresses, Laura gets more curious about the taste of the fruits sold by the goblins. The girls are also narrated to discuss amongst themselves, the dangers of talking to the goblins and eating their fruit. Every evening, the sisters hear the goblin men in the market trying to sell their fruits. Goblin Market Poem by Christina RossettiĪpart from the goblins, the poem also talks about two sisters, Laura and Lizzie. This way they try to persuade people into buying their fruits. From morning until evening the goblins are heard calling out names of different fruits that they have in their stock to sell like melons, peaches, figs, pine-apples, apples, strawberries, cherries, mangoes, lemons, mulberries, etc. These goblins every day bring a different variety of fruits in the market for selling. SynopsisĪs the title of the poem suggests, goblins play a crucial role in the poem. She became famous as a poetess with this poem which was published in the year 1862. Goblin Market was a popular narrative poem of the 19th century. ![]()
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