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A Bird's-Eye View

Christina Rossetti

First published 1866
Type Poem

A raven observes a ship bringing the bride to the bridegroom, but knows that the ship shall sink and render the bride up to heaven. This could, in an Edgar Allan Poe way, be viewed as more than just a portent, but this is not required of the poem, so we classify this as non-genre.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1866 Cover The Prince's Progress and Other Poems Macmillan and Co. Collection 86