Laura’s interaction and excessive gorging of the Goblin fruit allude to her indulgence in her sexual desires, and Rossetti uses the tale to warn women of the dangers of such activities. The imagery created by simile promotes the theme of sensation as the written narrative of "Goblin Maket" is transformed into a visual experience by Christina Rossetti's use of language.Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’ primarily serves as a warning to women about indulging in their sexual desires. Finally, Lizzie as a lonely beacon illustrates Lizzie's solitude in her fight against the goblins. Lizzie as a rock lashed by heavy tide, asserts the image of Lizzie being beaten, as she is by goblin men. The imagery of Lizzie as a lily in a flood asserts the sensation of danger since a lily is less powerful than a flood, paralleled by Lizzie's similar powerlessness compared to the goblin men. Rossetti uses the word 'like' indicating the convention of simile, to promote imagery.
Stanza 21 of "Goblin Market" employs simile to assert the danger of Lizzie's encounter with the goblin men, "White and golden Lizzie stood,/ Like a lily in a flood,/ Like a rock of blue-vein'd stone / Lash'd by tides obsteperously, / Like a beacon left alone (Rossetti)" Lizzie is compared by simile to a lily in a flood, to a rock lashed by tides, and to a lonely beacon. Christina Rossetti's use of simile reinforces the theme of sensation in "Goblin Market". Christina Rossetti's use of language asscoiated with the five senses of taste,smell,touch,sight, and sound, reveals the theme of sensation within "Goblin Market". Line 30, "Sweet to tongue and sound to eye" asserts a pleasant sweet taste of the fruits, and the pleasing visual nature of their appearance. Line 28, "Figs to fill your mouth" conveys the sense of taste by reference to figs, and also alludes to the sense of touch, as the figs are described to be big enough to feel them fill one's mouth. Taste them and try: / Currants and gooseberries, / Bright-fire-like barberries,/ Figs to fill your mouth,/ Citrons from the South,/ Sweet to tongue and sound to eye / Come buy, come buy (Rossetti, lines 25-31)." Line 25, "Taste them and try" invites the sensation of taste by the use of the word "taste".
In the first stanza, the description of different fruits intially indicates a relation to the sense of sight and taste, ".
In "Goblin Market" Christina Rossetti uses simile, and sense words to highlight the theme of sensation.
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