Death (Remember + PaTN)

Question 1

Paragraph 1 point

Answer 1

In both PaTN and remember, death is presented to cause feelings of sadness for the speaker

Question 2

“How I miss my father”

Answer 2

• “miss” expresses grief and a sense
• simple sentence mirrors straightforward pain of loss
• effective on reader: evokes sympathy and allows readers to connect with the universal experience of losing a loved one

Question 3

“He would have grown to admire the woman I’ve become”

Answer 3

• Modal verb: regret and longing for father’s approval
• Past conditional: death cuts off potential future moments
• emphasises death can cause sorrow not just for what was lost, but what could’ve been

Question 4

“Gone far away into the silent land”

Answer 4

• euphemism for death creates a sense of gentle distance
• encourages reflection for reader
• death is a quiet, lonely journey, creating an emotional response

Question 5

“You tell me of our future you planned

Answer 5

• possessive pronoun and verb “planned” imply shared hopes that are now gone due to death
• past tense shows how death has already interrupted life’s course
• conveys a sense of loss and interrupted dreams, enhancing the emotional weight

Question 6

Paragraph 2 point

Answer 6

• In both poems, despite death causing pain initially, it eventually leads to the speakers experiencing comfort
• in PaTN she is comforted by being able to continue her father’s legacy
• however, in remember, she is comforted knowing that her parter would be able to move on and be happy

Question 7

“I think I did not always love him”

Answer 7

• honest admission adds emotional depth, also shows growth and understanding
• volta from grief to self-awareness and forgiveness
• death can bring clarity and peace

Question 8

“He taught me how”

Answer 8

• short sentence shows certainty and gratitude
• suggesting that love can outlast death

Question 9

Better by far you should forget and smile / than that you should remember and be sad

Answer 9

• juxtaposition “forget and smile” vs “remember and be sad” shows mature acceptance of death
• volta marks shift from grief to comfort
• uplifts the tone for reader

Question 10

“Do not grieve”

Answer 10

• Imperative tone shows speaker’s emotional strength and care for partner (maybe also controlling?)
• leaves lasting impression of peace and reassurance

Question 11

Introduction

Answer 11

• PaTN free verse poem w/ irregular line length and enjambment
• showing how death has left her with an ongoing, flowing grief and reflection
• remember is a sonnet, traditionally associated with love
• Rossetti resents death through the lens of romantic Love
• sonnet form shows the control and acceptance she gains by the end of
• difference in forms suggests how each speaker processes death differently: one as a continual, personal memory, other as a moment of emotional transition