Remember

Question 1

How is the poem written?

Answer 1

Petrarchan sonnet, rhyme scheme of
ABBA
ABBA
CDD
ECE
It is composed of an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines)
There is a volta to signal a change or shift from the problem to the solution

Question 2

‘Remember’ me when I am home away,

Answer 2

Imperative verb, we get the impression the speaker if assertive and dominant, which was unusual during an era when women were more submissive

Question 3

Nor I half term to ‘go’ yet turning to ‘stay’

Answer 3

STRUCTURE: juxtaposition of go and stay shows their reluctance to leave their loved one

Question 4

‘Remember me’ when no more day by day

Answer 4

Repetition- shows the speakers fear that they could be forgotten

Question 5

You tell me of out suture that you plann’d

Answer 5

Phrase- implied that her loved one was a potential future husband, patriarchal society where men have control- contrast between the speakers implied submissiveness here and the assertiveness of the imperative ‘remember’ me

Question 6

Only remember me; you understand

Answer 6

Caesura, separates the pronouns me and you to emphasises how death will separate them physically