I have chosen to study the poems Uphill and Remember. Uphill is

Another thing the two sonnets share is metaphorical language; it used to imply a comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common ground. Christina Rossetti establishes an idea of metaphorically remaining “alive” through remembrance. The juxtaposition in line 1, “Remember me” and “gone away” implies that the poet suggests that the memory is the last thing a person has that still ties them to life. Henry Longfellow utilizes metaphorical language when he compares a tangible object to emotions. He includes, “There is a mountain…/that…/displays a cross of snow upon its side. / Such is the cross I wear upon my breast” (lines 9-12). The image of a mountain that bears a cross shape filled with snow manifests an image of the angelic figure going towards heaven. Longfellow purposely used a mountain to further implicate religious ideas; the height of the mountain shows that is closer to heaven because it is going upward. The snow symbolizes the wife and that she is on the peak of the mountain, reaching towards heaven. He wears the pain of the loss of his wife on his chest because she is within his soul.

In the first stanza of “Remember”, Rossetti allows the reader to explore the narrator’s thought about death. When she writes “……Gone far away into the silent land;/ When you can no more hold me by the hand….” the narrator believes that death is final because that connection cannot ever be re-established regardless of how much one wants it. The “silent land” and “gone away” are metaphors for death, and when the narrator says that no one will be able to “hold me (her) by the hand”, this symbolises the one thing death takes, the physical presence of the person. Likewise, Auden’s “Stop all of the Clocks”, explores death with imperatives. Auden writes “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,/ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,/ Silence the pianos and with muffled drum/Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.” Because the narrator wants life to cease, because with the death of their loved one, there is no purpose in life and it simply cannot (……..) .

In the poem “Forgetfulness” by Hart Crane, the speaker uses similes and metaphors to convey ideas about forgetfulness to develop the theme. The speaker uses these literary devices to convey his ideas about the theme: Forgetfulness is being lost, and having no idea where to go. The author uses many similes to get this idea across, such as,

Rossetti depicts the life of a loveless old maid to illustrate the negative effects of a life in sole pursuit of love. Rossetti says, “And one was blue with famine after love, / Who like a harpstring snapped rang harsh and low / The burden of what those were

At first it was hard to tie-in the poem to life and death, but after reading it a second time, it was clear. The allusion used in the poem is remarkable. The title indicates how life is hard, and it is an “Uphill” battle that all of us will face no matter the race or gender. Also I could picture the author walking “Uphill” with the wind pushing against her body (Rossetti, line 1). The form, and physical structure of the poem is interesting. I loved the question/answer type structure the poem is written in. Personally, I will make my life full of joy and adventure, even though there are, and will be many challenges, because we all will die one day, so why not make the best of

Most people would relate this particular poem with passing over, however I relate to this in a completely different way. As I am a little too young to die. Anyways, the point is, this poem has a completely different meaning to me. While reading this poem, I actually connect it to how my creed is. Not waiting for the future, and taking risks. Sometimes my close ones discourage me from doing a certain action with phrases like: “you sure,” and “do you have to do it.” However, to no avail. In fact such phrases tends to only “add coal to the fire.” After all, to me there is no future schedule, as future tends to be unpredictable.I do it now, or I might as well not do it. And more than once I was able to find this side of mine in this

The lives of all humans are monotonous treks up mountains until the climax is reached and the descend to the bottom has begun, which will ultimately lead to death. In Christina Rossetti's poem, “Uphill,” a hill is used as a metaphor for the journey of life as it is also used in “The Long Hill” by Sara Teasdale. In both poems there are stark differences between the point of view and tone, but there are also similarities found in the meanings of the poems.

In the poem “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins he portrays the message of memory loss using figurative language and examples. The message of this poem is saying that memory is a precious thing that we should cherish daily.We should make use of it everyday because everyday the older we get the more memories are being lost because they lose importance.Through Collins use of imagery he allows the reader to have awareness and guilt.Reason for saying so, is because it makes you think of how you’ve been taking advantage of your memories .He gives you notice using metaphors to help us understand the horror of memory loss.The choice of words that the other uses in this poem is very well chosen and helps gives the reader a visual of what losing a memory is like.

The poem is layered in a way that allows the reader to understand

Naturally, life is a continuous cycle of experience and learning. Yet often times so much is buried in our lives that we fail to remember or recall what we have learned. Memories that range from miniscule facts to important emotions can often leave unknowingly from our mind. Billy Collin’s “Forgetfulness” shows how memories are delicate and fragile, and that the process of forgetting is one that is nonchalant. Billy Collins effectively blends subtle humor and irony with a dramatic tone shift to explain that ideas and facts that people think are important flee the mind, showing that nothing good can last. Although he refers to memories in a lighthearted, thoughtful manner, the poem gradually shifts (just

The tone changes three times in the poem to describe different stages of death and the confidence level of the speaker of how death is not omniscient. The final positive tone in the poem portrays that the speaker is sure that death is not powerful, which is why the speaker conveys that an individual should not fight or fear death. The imagery used throughout the poem portrays the ability to overcome death. The structure of the poem demonstrates death’s incompetence and lack of dominion. As Thomas put it, “Though they go mad they shall be sane,/ Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again” (7-8). Although everyone will reach the base of a mountain, there will always be a next mountain to

The two poems, Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe and Remember by Christina Rossetti, contain similarities and differences. Both poems are about death and contribute to the meaning of death. The first poem is about the poet expressing his feelings about the death of a girl named Annabel Lee. In the other poem, it’s about the poet wanting to be remembered. Throughout the two poems, they share and differ in poetic structures, which helps the reader savvy the meaning of the poems. Overall the two poems share and contrast the poem structures of lyric poems, type of poem, and rhyme

Read the poem again, what literary techniques does the author use? What words/phrases/images stand out as significant?

In the poem ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’, the theme of relationships between a father and a son is portrayed where the son is the poet “And you, my father” which gives the meaning to the relationship. The theme of fear from death is also shown in the villanelle. In contrast, the sonnet ‘Remember’ is an elegiac poem as it focuses on the themes of death, remembrance and forgiveness. Rossetti is pondering her impending death and releasing her lover from the responsibility of enshrining her in his memory as she fears it will cause him pain. As a result, she tells him that if he chooses to forget her, he should not feel guilty. Instead the poem of Chinua focuses on the theme of war and the death of a child, where most of the poem was describing the moments that the mother was going through as her son was passing away. This theme is similar to the poem ‘A Picture Of You’ as the son of poet was dying and only memories can are available. Each of the poems have the theme of death in one way or another whether it be love, fear or the loss of a close

“Appassionato” added to the fact that to the character’s music didn’t matter anymore and that he’d rather be with his mother. The singer, his mother, was trying “in vain” which and continued where the mother singing was “clamour” so she comprehended that he was beginning to lose attention but her attempts to retrieve his focus we futile. He then used the pejorative term, “childish days” which tended to suggests immaturity but the “glamor” of those days makes him long for it. Also this extract “… my manhood is cast/Down in the flood of remembrance…” shows that he wept like a child for the past therefore by his weeping; the gap between child and man, sentiment and masculinity, and past and present is abridged. Personally, I think anyone can relate to this poem because no matter who you are there’s that one moment in childhood everyone longs to return to and just like Lawrence, everyone sees it as a “glamor.”