A Daughter of Eve by Christina Rossetti
A fool I was to sleep at noon,
And wake when night is chilly
Beneath the comfortless cold moon
A fool to pluck my rose too soon,
A fool to snap my lily.
My garden-plot I have not kept;
Faded and all-forsaken,
I weep as I have never wept:
Oh it was summer when I slept,
It's winter now I waken.
Talk what you please of future spring
And sun-warm'd sweet to-morrow:—
Stripp'd bare of hope and everything,
No more to laugh, no more to sing,
I sit alone with sorrow.
Eve is a well known character from the bible. She i known for her mistake that led all future generations to lead a life of ups and downs. The mistake started with a simple apple taken from the wisdom tree where she wasn't allowed to eat from. She was punished for her actions be being cast out of her comforting home that supplied her with everything she needed, into a cold, new way of life. Christina Rossetti thinks her self to be a follower of Eve because she managed to make that one mistake that led her to the life she lives now.
"And sun-warm'd sweet to-morrow:—Stripp'd bare of hope and everything,"This line made me think about many things at once. The loss of something so common and familiar was one thought that stood out to me. We think of money as a common everyday item that seems almost endless (as teens) because it comes out of out parents pockets. But soon enough, that money we thought existed wont and we will be sent out to fend for our selves. We will feel "Stripp'd bare of hope and everything". No this isn't the result of a mistake but later in our lives when we get on track with everything, then we will do something that will force us to follow the devastating steps that eve, and so many others, once took. One small event in our lives can throw everything off track. A strange step causes you to fall and brake your leg which results in you being late for work and in the end, you get fired. It happens to people and it may happen in your future.
Life can be a jerk and if we try to avoid it, then we are making matters worse. We have to work around it and know when to jump out of the way for a split second and get back on the complicated tracks of life. Even if it's tough, we can pull through. Over all, what I'm trying to say is that we have to be prepared for what ever life gives us and if we spend to much time feeling sorry for our selves, we will never be the same and we will lose our way to becoming the great successful person we once though we were. Good luck on life and remember that there will always be another beginning after each and every end.
