Shall I Forget? by Christina Georgina Rossetti
The speaker asks whether they will forget a friend before death or in Paradise, promises nothing, and asks him to wait and follow. Addressing their soul, the speaker urges it to watch with him and lead the way.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Religious Poetry · 92 words
First lines
Shall I forget on this side of the grave? / I promise nothing: you must wait and see / Patient and brave. / (O my soul, watch with him and he with me.)
Shall I forget in peace of Paradise? / I promise nothing: follow, friend, and see, / Faithful and wise. / (O my soul, lead the way he walks with me.)
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Two rhymed stanzas voice a speaker's uncertainty about forgetting a friend through repeated questions and intimate addresses.
- Religious Poetry — The speaker considers remembrance in Paradise and calls on their soul to watch with the friend and lead his way.
Tags
remembrance · friendship · mortality · Paradise · uncertainty
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Religious Poetry
- Length: 92 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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