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Sonnet · Death & Loss

Remember

by Christina Rossetti · 1862

Remember me when I am gone away,

Gone far away into the silent land;

When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more day by day

You tell me of our future that you plann'd:

Only remember me; you understand

It will be late to counsel then or pray.

Yet if you should forget me for a while

And afterwards remember, do not grieve:

For if the darkness and corruption leave

A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,

Better by far you should forget and smile

Than that you should remember and be sad.

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Quick facts

Poem
Remember
Poet
Christina Rossetti
Published
1862
Length
14 lines
Form
Sonnet
Themes
Death & Loss, Love, Sad

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Shape
14 lines · one 14-line stanza
End rhyme
ABBAACBADEFGDG.
Line length
Mostly 10-syllable lines (pentameter length).

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Author record
Christina Rossetti1830–1894
Source record
QuillOak curated editionRemember (1862) by christina-rossetti
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
Publication record
1862
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