Lyric Poem · Life
I Remember, I Remember
by Thomas Hood · 1826
1I remember, I remember
2The house where I was born,
3The little window where the sun
4Came peeping in at morn;
5He never came a wink too soon
6Nor brought too long a day;
7But now, I often wish the night
8Had borne my breath away.
9I remember, I remember
10The roses, red and white,
11The violets, and the lily-cups—
12Those flowers made of light!
13The lilacs where the robin built,
14And where my brother set
15The laburnum on his birthday,—
16The tree is living yet!
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Quick facts
- Poem
- I Remember, I Remember
- Poet
- Thomas Hood
- Published
- 1826
- Length
- 32 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Rhyming Poems
- Themes
- Life, Sad, Childhood
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 32 lines · 4 octaves
- Line length
- Lines run 6-8 syllables (median 8), consistent with tetrameter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
- Refrain
- “I remember, I remember”Repeated lines act as the poem's hinge or drumbeat.
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Text, source & rights
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- Author record
- Thomas Hood1799–1845
- Source record
- WikisourceI Remember, I Remember by thomas-hood, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1826
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 51e3b7dd44504e58…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.