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Gone Away Christina Rossetti Analysis

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Christina Georgina Rossetti: Poetry Presentation Christina Georgina Rossetti was born on December 5, 1830 in London, England to Gabriele Rossetti and Frances Polidori. Christina grew up in a highly religious home and showed poetic talent as a young girl. “Although her religious temperament was closer to her mother, the youngest member of the remarkable family poets, artists, and critics, inherited many artistics tendencies from her father.” (Everett) “One of the most important of English women poets both in range and quality. She excelled in the works of fantasy, in poems for children and in religious poetry.” (Bryson) Christina’s famous works included “Goblin Market and Other Poems” published in 1862. This established her as the main female…show more content…
In lines 1, 5 and 7, Christina starts the lines with “Remember Me”. This repetition is used to make sure that the specific person she is addressing does not forget about her. She wants he/she to constantly keep her and their love for one another in mind. It is almost a form of irony. There is one specific metaphor in line 1. She says, “Remember me when I am gone away,” and “gone away” is used instead of…show more content…
Looking deeper into the lines, you can visualize more in detail. The lines state, “When you can no more hold me by the hand,(3) Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay (4).” These two lines give the reader an image of a woman and a man holding hands in various settings. And, we can also see a woman turning away from a man in anger yet turning back to him in desperation of love. The mood of this poem is sad and fear. One can tell that this poem is written to express wishes of one when they are gone. Christina says, “Only remember me, you understand.” She is in fear that he/she will forget her and the memories so she writes this poem to ensure that this does not happen. The tone is desperation. Rossetti is desperate to be living through the suitor and the legacy of their relationship. “Remember” can be seen as a plea or a cry to not be thrown away when she no longer exists. It is obvious that this is important to her because she repeats the “Remember me” phrase more than twice throughout this poem. The poem “Never Mourn At My Funeral” by Adesitimi Taiwo relates to this poem. It is a poem about death and not wanting to be remembered in sorrow. The poem repeats, “Never Mourn At My Funeral, as a request to celebrate but remember me in a way that speaks volumes of
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