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Comprising 567 irregularly rhyming lines, the poem recounts the plight of Laura, who succumbs to the enticement of the goblins and eats the fruit they sell. Her sister, Lizzie, resists the “fruit-call” as she watches Laura grow sick from her indulgence.In “Goblin Market,” Rossetti reflects on the role of women in Victorian society. Victorian men had more freedom, education, opportunity, and leeway to express themselves sexually, but women were expected to remain sexually innocent or face serious consequences.'Goblin Market" is a symbolic poem that connects men's and women's sensational temptations. the goblins represent the evil sight of a man who tempts women towards him and ruins them at the end. in this poem, laura and Lizzie are two sisters with two different perspectives.