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Christina Rossetti’s poems are permeated with self-consciousness, and a lack of self-value.

In ‘From the Antique’, she detachedly says; ‘none would miss me… much less would care or weep’. This is potentially because she did not marry in her life, and as a Victorian woman, this mean she did not have traditional value.

The whole poem is cold and emotionless, reflecting her detachment from societal values, but also her continuing feeling of worthlessness as an unmarried woman, in a time where a woman’s value came from her ability to keep a house clean and have children.

In the poem, life goes on after her desired disappearance. This reflects her feeling of insignificance, and her desire for not the world to end, but for her life to have never existed.

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Acknowledges that both men and women lead "weary" lives, but argues that women have more struggles

Would prefer death over such a weary life, feels that life is pointless

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Rossetti often references nature throughout her poetry, often acting as a piece of symbolism within the context of the poem. Her reference to nature in her poem "From the Antique" she uses nature to illustrate the cyclical structure of life.

Her references of the seasons "Still the seasons would come and go" highlights the cyclical structure nature possesses, suggesting that it is untainted.

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nature and woman.

Rosettis use of nature could suggest how the idea of traditional gender roles are so deeply integrated into nature that shes sees it as an unbreakable cycles such as, those of the seasons.

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Present the experience of the Victorian woman

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Present the experience of the Victorian woman

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Boring being a woman, she wishes she were a man

"She said" --> May be a referring to all woman or presents her inner thoughts about what it is like being a woman in the Victorian Era.

"Weary", "I wish...I wish" Connotations of soul sleep. Presents the experience of a Victorian woman as negative, disadvantage's of being a woman

Natural imagery reflects the cyclical nature of life for a Victorian Woman, that it is relentless and somewhat isolating --> Monotonous

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Rossetti presents the experience of a Victorian woman in 'From the Antique' as a depressing cycle of a tough and 'weary' life. Rossetti employs natural imagery, with references to 'seasons' and 'cherries ripen[ing]' to convey the monotonous, cyclical nature of life as a woman. Whilst it can be interpreted that the 'blossoms' of Spring can be viewed as a beautiful and rare thing, such as life can be, it can also be interpreted that the repetition of the seasons and nature is depressing and boring, just like life as a woman.

She also mentions the 'doubly blank' life of a woman, with her 'wishing' to be 'a man' or simply 'were nothing'. This miserable language, and the repetition of 'wish' creates a more emotional tone in Rossetti's writing.

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Existence as a women is futile

She presents women's life as 'doubly blank' in relations to a mans life

She would rather not be born than be a woman

She says that women's mistreatment has been going on since the beginning of time

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women are presented as struggling to find an identity 

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women are presented as struggling to find an identity 

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In the poem From the Antique, Rossetti explores women and how their role within society can cause dissatisfaction and a feeling of emptiness.

In Rossetti's poetry often explores the role of women and how they are often overlooked in a victorian society. Rossetti uses the poem From the Antique to expose how women often feel lost and do not feel worthy in this patriarchal society.

The women feel "weary" and "doubly blank" implying that they feel lost in the world and cannot find a path in society.

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never ending bleakness and misery

She wishes she hadn’t been born

She sees life as futile

She’s sometimes s feminist

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"Not so much as a grain of dust Or a drop of water from pole to pole" The speaker feels completely insignificant to the world.

"None would miss me in all the world" As she has not married she has no status, leading to her being or simply perceiving herself as insignificant.

"I should be nothing" Speaker sees herself as adding nothing to the world, the fact that poem begins with "she said" suggests that Rossetti believes most women may relate to this at the time.