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This study explores the intricate intersections of trauma, psychology, and poetic expression in the works of Christina Georgina Rossetti, with particular emphasis on selected poems that reflect emotional fragmentation, repression, and the negotiation of inner conflict. By employing a psychoanalytic and trauma-informed framework, the analysis foregrounds how poetic language becomes a site of both concealment and revelation, where desire, guilt, fear, and resilience are subtly encoded. The poems examined reveal a persistent tension between innocence and experience, bodily constraint and imaginative escape, as well as between spiritual aspiration and psychological unrest. Special attention is given to symbolic structures, recurring motifs, and the representation of female subjectivity, which together illuminate the poet's engagement with Victorian anxieties surrounding gender, morality, and emotional suppression. The study further interrogates how trauma manifests not only as thematic content but also as a shaping force within poetic form, rhythm, and imagery. Through close textual reading, the research demonstrates that Rossetti's poetry offers a nuanced portrayal of psychological struggle while simultaneously suggesting possibilities of healing and transcendence. Ultimately, this analysis contributes to a deeper understanding of the poet's oeuvre by situating her work within contemporary critical discourses on trauma and psychology, thereby opening new avenues for interpretation and scholarly engagement.