The first poem I will be will be looking at, ‘Remember’, is a sonnet written by Christina Rossetti in 1849. Christina Rossetti suffered frequently from various illnesses, including depression, therefore many believe that she wrote the poem ‘Remember’ convinced that she would soon die, although she lived many years after it was written and published. In this poem Rossetti suggests that death is not the end for neither the dying person or the loved one left behind therefor making it a comforting poem. Rossetti achieves this effect by using many different and effective literary devices, some including the sonnet form of the poem, the use of euphemism to soften the loss of the loved one, the use of imagery, metaphors, contrast and lastly, repetition.
