Memory by Christina Georgina Rossetti
The speaker describes a secret choice to break a cherished idol within the heart and the continuing grief that follows. A blessed memory remains in a private inner room, where the speaker contemplates reunion in Paradise.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Meditative Poetry · 407 words
First lines
I.
I nursed it in my bosom while it lived, / I hid it in my heart when it was dead; / In joy I sat alone, even so I grieved / Alone and nothing said.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The first-person speaker expresses a secret renunciation and its enduring sorrow in rhymed stanzas.
- Meditative Poetry — The speaker weighs a private choice, revisits a preserved memory, and considers a future reunion in Paradise.
Tags
renunciation · silent grief · reunion · Paradise
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Meditative Poetry
- Length: 407 words
- Structure: 1 section, 11 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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