Song (When I Am Dead, My Dearest)

1st stanza -

• "My dearest" - direct address
• Metrical variation
• Natural imagery - associated with romantic poetry
• "Sing", "plant, "be" etc- imperative verbs/orders - implies a forceful tone

2nd stanza -

• "Twilight" - reference to death/afterlife
• "Haply I may remember" - another reference to the afterlife - religious ideology
• Repetition of "I shall" and "haply" - similar to a lyric poem (popular during Victorian times)
• "Haply" is archaic
• Assumption that there is an afterlife - accepted at the time

Overall -

• 1st person poem 
• No gender pronouns 
• Assume female narrator voice (roses, dearest etc.)
• Quiet confidence in the imperatives