Christina Rossetti (written in yorkshire dialect)
Christina Rossetti wor born ont' fifth o' December 1830. Rossetti wa educated a' 'ome by a' muvver, who 'ad 'er study religious works, classics 'n novels. Int' 1840s, 'er family faced financial difficulties due ter deterioration o' 'er Farvers physical n' mental 'ealth (died 1854). Rossetti's muvver began teachin' in orda ta keep 'er family outa poverty. When Rossetti wa 14 she suffered a nervous brekdaan 'n left school. In a' late teens she became engaged t' painta James Collinson. The engagement brok off in 1850 when e' rever'ed t' Catholicism. 'Er earlier poems often feature meditations around def 'n loss. int' romantic tradition. She snuffed it on 29th December 1894.
