I remember, I remember Flashcards
1
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Who is the poet?
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Thomas Hood
2
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When was it written?
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1826
3
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Context:
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- Hood was writing at a time between the Victorian and Romantic era, so his work reflects Romantic ideals such as nature and the innocence of childhood, as well as the more realist ideas found in Victorian poetry
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Poet’s life:
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- Hood’s life was plagued by diseases and he became an invalid by the age of 41
5
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Form and structure:
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- 4 verses
- ABCBDEFE rhyme scheme
- alternating rhyme gives the poem a feeling of motion as Hood switches from past to the present
- each stanza covers a different natural element
6
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Exclamation:
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- found throughout the poem - ‘the tree is living yet!’ to show his surprise and draw attention to key themes of poem
- he wants readers to understand the power of nature and how it thrives over the years- unlike him
7
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Repetition:
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- the line ‘I remember, I remember’ is repeated at the start of each stanza
- repetition ensures each stanza starts with a memory of his childhood, and how is life has changed for the worst
- also underlines theme of childhood innocence, as Hood wants us to know he is remembering happier times
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Imagery:
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- Hood uses light and dark images to show his mood
- he uses the ‘morning sun’ , ‘bright flowers’ and ‘the air’ to describe his past, but then refers to the ‘night’, ‘heavy spirits’ and ‘long days’ to show the present
- underlines the carefree nature of youth and burdens of adulthood
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Tone:
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- both joyful and melancholic
- uses the beauty of nature and his early life to show how he used to be happy, but now, he feels that nothing can help him
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Personification:
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- personification of nature
- he describes how the sun ‘came peeping in at morn’
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Techniques used:
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repetition
personification
light and dark imagery
exclamation
joyful and melancholic tone
12
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Themes:
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childhood innocence
nature
13
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Poems for comparison:
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Captain Cook
the emigree
sunday dip
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Quotes:
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‘he never came a wink too soon’
‘But now, i often wish the night / Had borne my breath away’
‘those flowers made of light’
‘my spirit flew in feathers then’
