Remember me

Question 1

Remember me

Answer 1

Imperative. Assertive, dominant- unusual during era when ideal woman was more submissive

Question 2

Silent land

Answer 2

Alluding to death. Too painful to address directly

Question 3

You

Answer 3

Referring to loved one? Communicating their anguish that they will no longer be physically together

Question 4

Go, stay

Answer 4

Juxtaposition shows reluctance to leave loved one

Question 5

Refrain of ‘Remember me’

Answer 5

Shows speaker’s fear they could be forgotten

Question 6

You tell me of our future that you’d planned

Answer 6

Implies loved one was a potential future husband. Contrast between speaker’s implied submissiveness here + assertiveness of imperative at beginning

Question 7

Only remember me; you understand

Answer 7

Caesura separates pronouns ‘me’ and ‘you’ to show how death will separate them physically

Question 8

Yet if you should forget me…

Answer 8

Yet signifies turning point in poem acknowledging that it’s unrealistic for her loved one to remember her constantly

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Might be better for them to forget if remembering brings them sadness