The poem I am going to be analyzing is “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal”on page 1184. Since the poem takes place in the Victorian Age this would be considered something subtle and more appropriate for this time frame.The whole meaning of this poem that I summed is that two lovers are trying to connect with each other secretly. This poem would be considered erotic in this time frame, because it is something that you can read and not necessarily discuss out loud and feel comfortable about it. The author uses imagery throughout this poem with the porphyry font, gold fin, and the peacock to give like a visual of the garden they were in. There was alliteration in the poem I noticed in line 4 with the w’s such as waken, wakens, and with. There is
