This week's reading was truly shocking because of The Goblin Market's versatility in both interpretation, and in audience. While reading the poem initially, I immediately noticed the sexual connotations of the poem especially with the help of Professor Kooistra's annotations. However, I assumed because the poem was so sensual and sexual in both description and illustrations (the ones I had seen from previous readings of the poem) I never thought this poem could be targetted towards a young audience. However, after taking a closer look at Arthur Rackhams's illustrations, I noticed how his style of art focused immensley on children's innocent which to me was depicted by the soft pale faces of the characters and their rosy cheeks. The goblins were also extermely similar to animal like creatures in other children's books with a hint of fairy tale inspired drawings. Although the poem and its various illustartions prove its versetality in its analysis especially when it comes to diachronical analysis, I still think the themes of sexuality, and loss of innocence are visible even in the versions created for a young audience. Overall, the poem is truely magnificent in its sensual imegery and various interpretations.