Remember

Remember -

• Iambic pentameter
• "Gone far away into the silent land" - referencing death - most likely heaven/afterlife (religious connotations)
• "Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay" - when she dies
• No mention of the word death - avoiding it (preventing sadness and grief)
• 1st person narrative
• Direct address
• Sonnet - 14 lines and rhyme scheme - associated with romance/romantic poetry
• Poem goes against it's context (mourning)
• Recognition of death (morbid)