Jenny

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"Jenny" is a narrative poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that explores themes of desire, morality, and Victorian attitudes toward prostitution through a reflective monologue addressed to a fallen woman.

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instanceOf narrative poem
poem
associatedWith Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
author Dante Gabriel Rossetti
centralCharacter Jenny
centralCharacterRole fallen woman
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
examines moral judgment of women’s sexuality
objectification of women
tension between desire and respectability
genre Victorian poetry
language English
literaryDevice allusion
imagery
irony
symbolism
literaryForm dramatic monologue
literaryMovement Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite
meter iambic pentameter
narrativeMode first-person narration
narratorRole male observer
originalLanguage English
publicationContext Victorian literature
settingPeriod Victorian era
structure continuous monologue
subjectMatter prostitution
respectability politics
theme Victorian attitudes toward prostitution
class and gender
desire
fallen woman trope
male gaze
morality
sexual double standards
social hypocrisy
tone ambivalent
reflective

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