Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
“remember me”
- imperative command
- A refrain, adds emphasis
“gone away,gone far away
- Repetion, for empahsis + the far for even more
“the silent land”
- euphemism, a metaphor for death
- silent - how lonley it is
” hold … to go”
- aspirant ‘h’, emphasises emotion
“day to day”
- repetion, alliteration of d, adds rhythm
”:”
- caesura
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
“yet…”
- volta
- Change in tone
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Form, structure and tone + title of poem
Petrarchan Sonnet
- 14 lines in a single stanza.
- Written in iambic pentameter.
Octet
- Mournful
Sestet
- Acceptance, hopeful, reasurring
- Change of pace, more emjambment
Rhyme Scheme:
Octave: ABBA ABBA
Sestet: CDD ECE instead of ECDE
Structured and reflective,but breaks away from classic structure in the sestet
In first perspective using direct adress to a loved one
