Front | Christina Rossetti - Remember Explore: x4 Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; |
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Back | •First person direct address •Repetition of 'remember' echoes the speaker's fear that her beloved won't heed her request•Reoccurring use of 'gone away' highlights this boundary between life and death + used in euphemistic tone - not trying strike genuine fear in the intended reader •Image 'silent land' equated with loneliness of life without the lover OR could be symbolic of/ after life and Heaven suggesting that she is leaving the world to be with her true love, God. |
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