克莉絲汀娜．羅塞蒂以宗教詩人聞名，但同時她也為兒童創作。在詩集《歌詠：童謠詩集》中，多處可見描繪基督教之教義。其中「回家」為最重要的概念，意為基督徒生命之開始及結束，又或者返回天上的家。克莉絲汀娜的基督教信仰在其人生及此作品中顯而易見。因此，《歌詠》不單只是童謠詩集，也可被視為她人生的哲學寫照，更是信仰的例證。本篇論文研究克莉絲汀娜詩集，闡明《歌詠》詩中與基督教聖經的關係。克莉絲汀娜信仰背景，包含其家人的影響，特別是從她的母親而來，受宗教信仰的淺移默化，以及她自己對聖經的解讀及認識。在聖經及其作品《歌詠》重複出現的植物及動物的意象有象徵性意義。此外，會探討關於聲音及敬拜之間的關係，特別著重在聖經及《歌詠》詩中出現的聲音的意象。最後呈現《歌詠》詩中和詩篇的呼應和共鳴，包含書中對於苦難、死亡及返回天家的信仰意涵。整體而言，此篇論文旨在展現克莉絲汀娜的基督教信仰中重返天家的渴望及概念，如何在《歌詠》書中也完整地呈現。

Christina Rossetti is renowned for being a religious poet, but she also writes for children. Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book is the example. The poems of this collection portray the idea of Christianity, quintessentially related to the concept of “return” to mean Christian’s beginning and ending or returning Heavenly Home. As can be observed, Christina closely follows this belief throughout her whole life and in this work. Therefore, Sing-Song can be taken as a book of nursery rhyme but also a philosophical work that exemplifies her own faith. This thesis is a study of Christina’s poems that also shade light on the relationship between the poems in Sing-Song and the Bible. Her religious background, including the influence of her family especially her mother’s faith, and her own reading and understanding of the Bible will be discussed. The symbolic religious meanings of the images of plants and animals in the Bible in and her poems are analyzed. Then, the sound-images in Christina’s poems and the Bible, and a study of the relationships between the sounds and worship will be explored. Finally, the echoes and resonance among some poems in Sing-Song and the Psalms will be explored to show the reflections of some essential religious thoughts including sufferings, death, and the return to Home. Overall, the thesis demonstrates how her religious faith foregrounds her longing for the heavenly Home and presented in Sing-Song.

Abstract ii
摘要 iii
Table of Contents iv
Introduction 1
Chapter One: Christina’s Poetic Images for the Longing, the Waiting, the Sufferings, and Going
Home 20
Chapter Two: The Sound Image: Sounds and Worship 52
Chapter Three: Christina’s Work and the Bible: Connections between
Sing-Song and the Psalms 73
Appendix 92
Bibliography 98

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