SOURCE: "Christina Rossetti's Poetry: The Art of Self-Postponement," in Love and the Woman Question in Victorian Literature: The Art of Self-Postponement, The Harvester Press, Sussex, 1983, pp. 3-25.
In the following excerpt, Blake examines the themes of time, waiting, and "balked desire" in Rossetti's poetry.
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