about the meaning of suffering, but to our surprise Rossetti swats it aside. There may not be any "wisdom" to be gained from mourning at all--we may even forget it in time. The only thing the speaker has gained from the experience is the sight of the "woodspurge"--a green herb with "three cups in one." Note how, within the framework of the poem's deliberately ordinary language, the unusual word "woodspurge" leaps off the page and becomes unforgettable.from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: A reading of 'The Woodspurge' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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