In the final two lines of the poem, the narrator once again addresses Sister Maude directly, repeating her name in the penultimate line. She ends the poem by telling Maude in no uncertain terms that she will have to live, or 'Bide', 'with death and sin'.he notes in 'Christina Rossetti â The Complete Poems' (Penguin Classics) suggest that Rossetti was influenced in composing âSister Maudeâ by Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem âThe Sister's Shameâ.