“The Goblin Market”

ENGL 2321 Quiz #4

1. The fruit listed in “The Goblin Market” is vast and covers fruits from different places and that are not in-season in the summer time, which is the time of this narrative poem. For examples, the goblins offer the sisters cherries, pineapples, apples, pears, peaches, dewberries with citrus and more. Nowhere would they all be found, in the 19th century, at the same time in one market. Likewise, not all the goblins have the same fruits; they vary. What reasons can you give, supported by the tale with two direct quotes, why this is? And, what allegorical or symbolic meaning does this have, and why?
2. Please respond to the quote below, after reading Kipling’s poem, and explain why or why not in your own words. Please include one direct quote to support your answer.
   “If' is perhaps even more relevant today than when Kipling wrote it,
   as an ethos and a personal philosophy.”
3. Define Dramatic Monologue. Using Browning’s that we have read this semester, show/explain/demonstrate how this is a good example of a dramatic monologue. Remember to list and to use the elements of this poetic device in your answer, and please include a quote from the poem, in correct MLA format, for each of the elements.