By: Adrienne Gomes and Natalie Arnold London, England 1930 Dante Rossetti William Rossetti Maria Rossetti Christina Rossetti James Collinson Charles Cayley John Brett • She sat and sang alway By the green margin of a stream, Watching the fishes leap and play Beneath the glad sunbeam. I sat and wept alway Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam, Watching the blossoms of the May Weep leaves into the stream. I wept for memory; She sang for hope that is so fair: My tears were swallowed by the sea; Her songs died on the air. • • • • • Imagery Endings Philosophical view on death Contrast- half joyous, half depressing Rhyming and rhythm • • • • • • • • • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti http://www.poetry-archive.com/r/rossetti_christina.html http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/crossetti/bl-crossetti-aloof.htm http://thereaderonline.co.uk/2011/02/07/featured-poem-the-thread-of-life-bychristina-rossetti/http://www.squidoo.com/christina-rossetti-biography-analysispoems http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/index.html http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-2/ http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-iii-2/ http://kellyrfineman.blogspot.ca/2010/04/when-i-am-dead-my-dearest-andremember.html http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-poetry-of-Christina-Rossetti/28/1861