| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 外國語文學系研究所 === 106 === Christina Rossetti is renowned for being a religious poet, but she also writes for children. Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book is the example. The poems of this collection portray the idea of Christianity, quintessentially related to the concept of “return” to mean Christian’s beginning and ending or returning Heavenly Home. As can be observed, Christina closely follows this belief throughout her whole life and in this work. Therefore, Sing-Song can be taken as a book of nursery rhyme but also a philosophical work that exemplifies her own faith. This thesis is a study of Christina’s poems that also shade light on the relationship between the poems in Sing-Song and the Bible. Her religious background, including the influence of her family especially her mother’s faith, and her own reading and understanding of the Bible will be discussed. The symbolic religious meanings of the images of plants and animals in the Bible in and her poems are analyzed. Then, the sound-images in Christina’s poems and the Bible, and a study of the relationships between the sounds and worship will be explored. Finally, the echoes and resonance among some poems in Sing-Song and the Psalms will be explored to show the reflections of some essential religious thoughts including sufferings, death, and the return to Home. Overall, the thesis demonstrates how her religious faith foregrounds her longing for the heavenly Home and presented in Sing-Song.
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