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Who is the poet?
Christina Rossetti
What genre is the poem?
Victorian
What form is the poem in?
Petrarchan sonnet
What characteristics of Victorian poetry does it have?
Sensory elements - “tell me”, “silent land”, “hold me”
Sentimentality
Religious
Where is the Volta and what does it signify?
“Yet” on the 9th line which is where she changes her mind and says that he can forget her
What word is repeated in the poem?
“Remember”
“Remember me when I am gone away…
…gone far away into the silent land”
“Yet if you should…
…forget me for a while”
“Better by far you should forget and smile…
…than that you should remember and be sad”
“Darkness and…
…leave a vestige of thoughts”
What else signals the Volta?
The change in rhyme scheme
How is enjambement used?
“Leave” and “smile” are left hanging as they are everlasting
What was the historical context?
Mourning was a serious affair as Queen Victoria had mourned 40 years for Albert
What effect does the metaphor “silent land” have?
It is simple so has an air of sincerity
