Question

Christina Rossetti - RememberExplore: x3For if the darkness and corruption leaveA vestige (remnant) of the thoughts that once I had,Better by far you should forget and smileThan that you should remember and be sad

Accepted Answer

•Sacrificing her own personal desire in an expression of true love => seeks to relieve them of pain => selflessness conveyed •By linking ‘had’ and ‘sad’ Rossetti highlights the gap between remembering and forgetting •Simplistic linguistics ‘forget’ ‘sad’ ‘remember’ so reader connects overtly to sentiments learnt as a child, adding to the clear, imperative message.

Front	Christina Rossetti - Remember Explore: x3 For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige (remnant) of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad
Back	•Sacrificing her own personal desire in an expression of true love => seeks to relieve them of pain => selflessness conveyed •By linking ‘had’ and ‘sad’ Rossetti highlights the gap between remembering and forgetting •Simplistic linguistics ‘forget’ ‘sad’ ‘remember’ so reader connects overtly to sentiments learnt as a child, adding to the clear, imperative message.

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