The ambiguity underlines some of the subtler themes of the sonnet. The above lyrics was cited from the ‘70’s phenomenal hit of Don McLean’s song entitled, Vincent, but very notable to people as Starry, Starry Night.
Look out on a summers day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul. might be taken either literally (the artist has literally painted the woman as all of these things) or figuratively. Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and grey. Rossetti aptly restrains her language so that these comparisons of the woman to a queen, angel, saint, etc. Queen/nameless girl/saint/angel (metaphor)-Lines 4-7 introduce a string of metaphors that might also be taken as literal representations of the woman in the portrait. Light (simile)-This is the second of Rossetti’s epic similes being “joyfull as the light,” the woman in the picture is meant to have a radiant quality, shinning from the canvass to the viewers’ eyes.Ĭ. The moon simile allows Rossetti to draw a number of comparisons as well as setting up the peculiar double negative structure towards the end.ī. But we felt it more vividly when she started expressing her grief by talking to the dagger she would later use to take her own life. We knew Juliet was suffering because of Romeo’s death.
Moon (simile)-Rossetti’s speaker describes the woman in the pictures as being “fair as the moon.” This simile is striking for the resemblance it bears to an epic simile, spanning the last 4 lines of the sonnet. By addressing a person who is not present or an inanimate object who cannot feel or express emotions, a character can show his present state instead.
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