Who is the intended audience in Christina Rossetti's poem, 'Goblin Market'?

I argue that Christina Rossetti's Victorian poem, 'Goblin Market', was written to deliver a moral message, containing feminist ideas, to children. Rossetti uses detailed imagery to engage her young audience, for instance when describing the goblin men she says "one like a wombat prowled obtuse and furry". By using animal similes she is taking an image that children are already familiar with, thus enabling them to picture this goblin man in their minds and therefore understand the story better. Also by portraying these men as rodents and vermin it encourages the children to understand Rossetti's view, that men are bad when compared to women and are thus the villains of the story. In contrast, the 2 women in the story, Lizzie and Laura, are generally compared to elegant animals and birds, for example "like 2 pigeons in one nest". This provides the reader with a peaceful image, making Laura and Lizzie seem a lot more inviting than the goblin men. I argue that this is an example of Rossetti's slightly feminist moral message running throughout the poem, detailing the importance of trusting other women over men.