The Prince’s Progress

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The Prince’s Progress is a narrative poem by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti that explores themes of delay, spiritual failure, and lost opportunity through an allegorical fairy-tale journey.

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instanceOf literary work
narrative poem
author Christina Rossetti
authorialIntention moral and spiritual warning about delay
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception noted for its somber tone
often contrasted with Goblin Market
explores consequences of procrastination
tension between earthly desire and spiritual duty
featuresCharacter the Bride
the Prince
genre allegorical poem
fairy-tale narrative
religious poetry
hasCentralMotif journey
missed arrival
waiting bride
hasForm lyric-narrative hybrid
hasIllustrationsBy Dante Gabriel Rossetti
hasSubjectMatter failure to respond to divine call
spiritual journey
influencedBy Christian allegory
biblical imagery
languageStyle symbolic and richly imagistic
literaryMovement Pre-Raphaelite
literaryPeriod Victorian era
meter varied metrical patterns
mode allegory
narrativeForm first-person and third-person narration
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication London
linked to: London, England
precededBy Goblin Market and Other Poems
linked to: Goblin Market
publicationYear 1866
publishedInCollection The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems
publisher Macmillan and Co.
rhymeScheme regular rhyme schemes with variations
setting imaginary medieval-like landscape
structure stanzas
targetAudience adult readers
theme death
delay
judgment
lost opportunity
moral responsibility
pilgrimage
redemption
spiritual failure

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Christina Rossetti notableWork The Prince’s Progress
Goblin Market relatedWork The Prince’s Progress
The Prince’s Progress publishedInCollection The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems
linked to: The Prince’s Progress