Remember by Christina Rossetti
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. You tell me of our future that you plann’d: It will be late to counsel then or pray. 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 thoughts that I once had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. I chose to write my poetry criticism on the sonnet “Remember” by Christina Rossetti. It was written in 1849 when Rossetti was just 19 years old. She is considered to be one of the foremost women poets of the 19th century Victorian period. In this sonnet the themes of love, death, and reaction to death are introduced. Christina Rossetti was born in London in 1830. She was the product of a wealthy family and was raised a pious Calvinist. She wrote about many themes ranging from love to the seasons of
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Approximate Word count = 759
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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