Remember

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Victorian mourning culture- often commercialised. Death was normalised because of low life expectancy- male, 40. Female, 45.
Biographically, CR experienced bad health whilst writing this, written in 1848-9.

Question 2

AO5 Jan Marsh

Answer 2

about CR, “she did not expect to reach, or survive marriage”. Reflected in this poem?

Question 3

1. “Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far.”
2. “into the silent land”
3. “Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay”

Answer 3

1. Thought process. 4 lines enclosed rhyme, compartmentalised, keep the memory alive. First person perspective. Repeated refrain. Gredatio- building repetition.
2. Evasive, metaphor for the afterlife which aligns with CR’s Christian beliefs. Euphemism- intended for a child audience?
3. Hesitant, tricky subject matter, heart-breaking, pulled in numerous directions, instability.

Question 4

1. “Remember me when no more day by day.”
2. “You tell me of our future that you planned;”
3. “It will be late to counsel then or pray’”

Answer 4

1. Union in the afterlife, CR likes matrimonial promises to God, connection, gentleness. Repeated refrain, frank language.
2. Criticism of marriage- male dictates the women’s life, constant control, one-sided, she has to succumb to the social depth of marriage. Emphasised pronoun “You” shows the persona’s lack of control.
3. Sinister undertones, spiteful tone she wants the man to remember how badly treated she was.

Question 5

1. “Yet if you should forget me for a while”
   2.”For if the darkness and corruption leave.”
   3.”A vestige of thoughts I once had”.
2. “That you should remember and be sad”

Answer 5

1. Volta marks a shift; One-sided relationship, great logic, reassuring advice, healing to forget.
2. Evasive, the thoughts of a woman, starts stronger then returns to align with Christian values. The voiceless- constrained woman, self-destructive. Contrast between the initial remembrance refrain and the volta, “forget me”.