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'In an Artist's Studio'
is about the male There are two implicit messages within this
artist's tendency to poem: the loss of female identity in a male-
objectify his female dominated art world, and the reclaiming of
sitters or 'models' for a woman's identity. These two messages are
his paintings and clearly divided in the structure of the sonnet.
sculptures; indeed,
in one
interpretation, the
woman is merely a Structure: ‘In an Artist’s Studio’ by Christina
passive object on Rossetti is a standard Italian or Petrarchan
which the artist sonnet that is made up of fourteen lines and
projects his fantasies can be separated into one set of eight lines
and 'dreams'. also known as an octave, and one set of six
lines also known as a sestet. The first
"In an Artist's Studio" collection of lines provides the reader with
is a Petrarchan the basis of the story or problem, and the
sonnet next six lines provide a conclusion or an
answer to the above.
It is important to distinguish, in the last lines of the poem, the way that the artists perceive her, from the way she
actually is. The speaker makes this separation clear as she states that the way that the artist portrayed her is not
the way that she is now. She is no longer filled with “hope” that shines “bright.” She is not painted “as she is, but as
she fills his dreams.” The artist is longing for a time when things were the way they used to be, not as they are now,
and the paintings are a reminder of that time
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