Figures in Poetry: Shakespeare's Ophelia
~ by Alan Britt
from "Myth of the Baker’s Daughter"
Karen Elson on Millais' Ophelia
Her lifespan was a drop of quicksilver.
~ by Alan Britt
from "Myth of the Baker’s Daughter"
Karen Elson on Millais' Ophelia
"Karen Elson compares her own experience of modelling with that of Pre-Raphaelite muse Elizabeth Siddal, Millais' long-suffering model for Ophelia."
Lines quoted in "The Poet and the Poem" Audio Podcasts
and video from Tate youtube channel
