Sing Song

I enjoyed reading Christina Rossetti’s Sing Song. The discussion in class was very helpful. I did not notice the cycles that took place in the book but after Professor Robinson pointed them out I started to flip through my book and it became quit obvious that they occurred. I guess it helps to have someone point things out to you. I felt that the death poems were in a way out of text for this particular book but whenever professor Robinson said that many children died not too long after they were married it made sense to me. Another thing I noticed before class was the poem on page 29. The poem uses the names of Minnie, Mattie, and May. I instantly thought of the poem by E.E. Cummings.