Remember - Christina Rosetti Flashcards
To memorise important aspects of the poem
What kind of poem is this?
A petrachan sonnet.
What is a petrachan sonnet composed of?
An octave and a sestet.
What does the break between the octave and the seset represent in this poem?
Shows a change in the speakers attitude - she no longer wants to be remembered, as her memory may cause her griver more pain.
What can the tone in Octave be described as?
Comanding, sorrowful, mournful and desperate.
What is the speaker in the Octave?
She is expressing her fear of being forgotten and begging her beloved to remember her.
How can the mood in the Octave be described and why?
The mood is sombre as she accepts her death and expresses her fear.
How can the tone in the Sestet be described?
Selfless and acceepting.
How can the mood in the Sestet be described and why?
The mood is consoling and acepting as she expresses she is no longer fearful of being forgotten.
What is the overall mood and tone of the poem?
Mournful.
What themes can be seen throughout this poem?
Love and death, forgiveness and rememberance.
What is the itention of this poem?
To highligt the speakers anxiety of being seprated from her beloved and being forgotten, yet accepting that he might forget her and understanding that she’d rather let him forget her and be happy than remember her and be sad.
What is the reader struggling with in this poem?
Her unavoidable transition between life and death.
Why are such simple words used in this poem?
To give the impression that she is having a conversation and to show that it is the little things that she will miss after her death.
Why is rememer repeated so much throughout the poem?
To express the importance of her memory.
What are the words ‘darkness and corruption’ meant to represent in this poem?
The physical side of feath, the decay and death of her body.
