Remember
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.
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.
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Who wrote the poem "Remember"?
Christina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 ~ December 29, 1894)
Christina Rossetti was an English poet who was lauded as one of the foremost female poets of the 19th-century Victorian era. She wrote romantic, devotional, and children's poems, marked by symbolism and intense feeling. Her literary statue was often compared to that of Elizabeth Barren Browning, and upon Browning's death in 1861, Rossetti was hailed as Browning's rightful successor. She opposed slavery, cruelty to animals, and the exploitation of girls in under-age prostitution. Rossetti suffered from Graves' disease in the later decades of her life. In 1893, she was diagnosed of breast cancer and died of a recurrence in 1894.
"Remember" explanation
Rossetti wrote this poem when she was 19 years old. In the poem, the speaker asks the reader (her beloved) to remember her after her death. Near the end of the poem, however, the speaker changes her mind and allows him to forget her if remembering her would make him sad. Although she is scared of being forgotten after death, she would rather her beloved be happy than maintain her memory with sorrow.
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