♣ Attempting to save her lover from suffering, the speaker in “Remember” uses a forgiving tone that relieves her lover of guilt, by taking the burden of choice upon herself. Blatantly commanding her lover to forget, the speaker’s use of imperative diction and euphemisms for death to ease her lover’s guilt after she dies. Choosing happiness for her lover, even if he cannot remember her, the speaker paints a picture of a better life by convincing her love to “smile” instead of mourning their life together.
