


Again, the lover is instructed to remember and to fully comprehend (understand) what has been destroyed by death. The next four lines are about a cherished vision of their future together: something that was frequently talked about and planned for. In the first four lines the lover is told they must remember what they shared when the speaker is dead: gone to the 'silent land' where both physical touch and returning (coming back to life) are impossible. They are speaking to their lover: issuing a series of instructions about how they want to be remembered. The poem is written from the point of view of a person who is either dead or dying. Interpreting 'Remember Me' by Christina Rossetti Than that you should remember and be sad. You tell me of our future that you plann'd:Ī vestige of the thoughts that once I had,īetter by far you should forget and smile When you can no more hold me by the hand,
