The convent threshold.

Possible destinations;
1) A structured plea for her lover to join her in heaven; 'mount with me,mount the kindled stair' This quote not only shows her desperacy in wanting her lover to forever be with her, it largely hints that it is heaven she wants him to join her in, the 'kindled stair' is metaphoricaly talking about the stairway to heaven. A lot of Rosettis poetry has religous views maybe sugesting Rosetti is highly religous?
2) An exploration between Earth and heaven;
'You looking Earthward, what you see?' 'Milk white, wine flushed, among the vines'
These two quotes are suggesting that maybe heaven and Earth aren't that different, and that her lover is looking towards Earth, maybe this is suggesting that he is not wanting to go up to heaven with his 'lover' this gets you questioning as to why? has she done the guilty deed that is continously talked about, 'repent with me' and this is why he is reluctantly to wount the kindled stair with her, or is it infact him that has sinned, if it is the male in the poem that has sinned this would fit in with Rosettis past history of giving any male character in her poetry a negative vibe.
3)Happiness is an illusion on Earth; 'Today is short, tomorrow nigh' This is suggesting life is short. 'Kneel,wreck,knock, do violence pray' suggesting violence on Earth. Not only does the speaker constantly keep reminding herself?her lover? that life is short, she gives Earth a negative sense of feeling, however this is one of few quotes that stand out from the rest, she switches between giving heaven and Earth various similarities, other quotes, however suggest that they are very different.


These are 3 possible destinations of the poem.