Remember by Christina Rossetti || A-Level Poetry Analysis

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This video will teach you the poem ‘Remember’ by Christina Rossetti.
💫 Who was Christina Rossetti?
💫 Why were Victorians obsessed with death?
💫 What are the traits of a Petrarchan Sonnet?
💫 Why were Rossetti’s views on death so radical?
These are just four questions I answer in this video. We’ll also cover some literary devices, rhyme, form and structure.
This poem can be studied by anyone at any level but is specific to the AQA English Literature A-Level from the ‘Love Through The Ages’ syllabus.
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0:00 Start
0:35 Who was Christina Rossetti?
2:12 Historical Context
3:04 Poetry Reading
4:45 Petrarchan Sonnet
6:11 The octave
6:39 The sestet
6:58 The volta
7:21 The refrain
7:45 Euphemisms
8:38 Juxtaposition
9:05 Theme of grief
11:58 The last two lines
13:19 Final thoughts
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can you keep going with the love through the ages A-level content i find it so helpful. these are by far the best analyses of them :)

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey Amber, thanks so much! Sure thing - I’m planning on dropping some more ‘LTTA’ A-Level material soon. Thanks for commenting. In the meantime, best of luck with your studies. ✨

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@@GabriellaTavini I completely agree these have been the best I have seen so far. would it be possible for you to also do the poem non sum quals eram bonae sub regno cynare. I would really appreciate it as i feel these have been extremely useful for my notes. Thank you x

[@GabriellaTavini]

@@sabeehahaslam7502 Yup, such a good shout-a poem I’ll be sure to cover in the New Year. And thanks so much for your kind words. 🙃 🙏🏻

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Wow! All the way from Sri Lanka. I’ve always wanted to visit - best of luck with your studies 👏🏼

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I appreciate the sensitive way how you read poem, your choice and your analysis also. I listen and I listen again I find you very honest and credible when you say : I quotes "they're all tempered with sorrow but it's softened and it's tender it's comforting te read despite the harrowing reality of death"

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[@GabriellaTavini]

Haha! This comment made my day. Thanks so much Aaliyah - more A-level content dropping as of Monday. 🙌🏼 🙂

[@gaohyinna819]

Thank you for this wonderful video. I particularly love the way you read the poem. It is so touching. Great work.

[@GabriellaTavini]

Thank you so much - it was a pleasure to read and teach 🙂

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This video is so helpful I love the way you’ve laid it out, this’ll definitely be useful! 😊😊

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey Arabella, thanks for commenting. I’m stoked you found the layout enhanced the whole learning process. 👏🏼 😌

[@bluefunkybassman]

I'm currently composing this text for choir, and this analysis has been really helpful - thank you!

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Hey Steve, wow that sounds complicated - best of luck with it, I’m sure it’ll sound beautiful. Thanks for commenting 😇

[@fathimashazni5608]

Your explanation is so impressive and when ever I get my exams I use to watch this video. Bcz its quite easy for me to recall the poem back. Thank you so much....❤

[@GabriellaTavini]

You’re so welcome - and I’m so glad it helped with your exams! 🙌🏼

[@cherishlife8541]

hi gabriella.. this is absolutely a great nd clear analysis on rosetti's poem.. truly helpful for my al studies.. thnks once again

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey, thanks so much for commenting and I’m thrilled my videos are helping you. 😁 Wishing you the best of luck with your studies. 🎉👏🏼

[@1307sammiemc]

Wow! I read a Christina Rossetti poem 'taped' for my sister's funeral last year. I couldn't get there for the funeral due to COVID (I'm in Australia, my sister in England). Out of that experience, and I think part of my grief journey, I discovered I love poetry. Your analysis of 'Remember' is so enlightening it further inspires me to read poetry (and listen to your channel) for beauty and that feeling that you are not alone. Thank you.

[@GabriellaTavini]

What a beautiful comment! Thank you so much Samantha. Thank you for sharing your story and my deepest condolences for the loss of your sister.

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Another brilliant video! Loved this. 🦉🖤

[@GabriellaTavini]

Short and sweet, but nonetheless full of lovely structural analysis! 💓

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Thank you teacher. I am studying literature from Sri Lanka❤

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Awww thanks Tarls - you’re too kind. 😌

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I´m an Argentinian student of Traductorado and we have to translate this poem. I love your analysis and the clarity of your explanations and your expression. Thanks!!!!

[@GabriellaTavini]

Thank you so much! And best of luck with your studies. 🙏🏻✨ great name btw 😉

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amazing job, thanx Gab

[@GabriellaTavini]

Pleasure! Thanks for commenting 😇

[@mudithachathurangani3881]

Hello Ma'am☺I am also an A/L student from Sri Lanka. Thank you so much for this amazing Analysis. Really helpful. Thank you so much🥰. May God bless you🙏❤

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You helped me to understand the poem and Thank u so much . your eyes are gorgeous .

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey Chamod, I appreciate your many compliments and I’m so glad I aided your understanding. Happy New Year! ✨🥳

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YOU are too kind! What can I say about the accent? 🤔 it’s the natural charm of the North channeling through me 😉 😂 thank you again for watching - hugely appreciate your compliments. ✨

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So so helpful Thankyou 💜

[@GabriellaTavini]

You’re most welcome. Best of luck with your studies. 😊

[@ameliawalker8809]

Really helpful video! Thank you so much. Can you do more videos on English literature a level poetry please!

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey again Amelia. Thanks so much for commenting and yup, I aim to cover all of the A-Level poems as soon as possible. I’m so glad you guys let me know what you need, it really helps when planning. 🙂

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Hello, I'm not even a student (in fact it's been over 10 years since I was a sixth form student) but I enjoyed listening to this. Thank you for the video!

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Very nice explanation ma'am. Thank you.

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Very nice poem!

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[@GabriellaTavini]

Always a pleasure - thanks for commenting 🙂

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Amazing video. Could you please make a video on how to structure A level English Lit essays for an A grade answer it will be helpful xx

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Thanks Melissa. I’ll pop that on my list of tutorial ideas - great shout! 👏🏼

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Very ioveiy analysis of the poem Remember . Well spoken Gabriella ,what a lovely italian name by the way. I just love literature and find the Pre raphaelites the most extraordinary group of artists . Thank you so much for the analysis of Christinas poem. Joan Rosita

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey Joan, thank you so much. Rossetti certainly was one of a kind!

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[@GabriellaTavini]

Pleasure Nihal. ✌🏼🙂 Glad I could help

[@itznivi_0322]

Thank u so much Gabriella for this video!!! It was a great help for me to understand this poem. More than everything your voice is so clear. So it's very easy to understand. Also, you use simple words in a beautiful way in your explanation. Keep up the good work!!! Can u pls do an analysis of the poem Suicide in the Trenches by Siegfried Sasoon???

[@GabriellaTavini]

Hey Nivani, thanks so much for your beautiful compliments. 🥰 I can most definitely take a look at Sasoon’s poem in 2021. Have a wonderful Christmas and best of luck with your studies. 🎄 📚

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I love this poem and your analysis.

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Thank you so much 🙏🏻

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Very useful 💕thanks a lot

[@GabriellaTavini]

You’re so welcome Chamiska. Thanks for commenting 😌 Beautiful name btw. ✨

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[@alanapenney2890]

Please do more A-Level poetry analysis!! This was so helpful and insightful

[@GabriellaTavini]

Thanks so much Alana - I appreciate your positive feedback. And I’ve got another A-Level video dropping this coming Monday, so stay tuned. 😋 📚

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[@GabriellaTavini]

So kind - thank you! 😁

[@saranajafi5952]

Thank you so much! Could you possibly do some more Rossetti poems?

[@GabriellaTavini]

Absolutely - she’s ace. I’ve got a few of her poems on the list. ✅ thanks for suggesting 🙂

[@saranajafi5952]

@@GabriellaTavini Thanks a lot! My A level exam is on the 7th of June, and I used this analysis of remember in my mock and got good marks for it. You explained her poem very well!

[@GabriellaTavini]

@@saranajafi5952 amazing! I’m stoked you got great marks in you mock 👏🏼

[@williampope4063]

I think and feel (as perhaps you are also suggesting) that in the poem Rossetti is expressing what one may consider to be one of loves deepest attributes of poetic wisdom. To graciously let go of deep temporal bonds, While empowering her lover too still find, LOVE. It is powerful. As ever, many thanks Be well P.T. Are you familiar with the Richard Lovelace poem "To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars" ... Its a poem that seems to release love From the intended subject to truly Embrace its amorphous value.

[@GabriellaTavini]

Totally - that’s exactly what she’s doing. She probably saw other people grieving a loved one and becoming stifled by their grief, never moving on. She didn’t want that for her own partner. And I’m not familiar with that poem, but I’ll look it up. 🙏🏻

[@roycetsui8800]

Hi, can you please do an analysis on the A-Level Poetry To His oy Mistress by Andrew Marvell? Thank you. Your analysis is so good

[@GabriellaTavini]

Aha! To His Coy Mistress it is! It’ll be uploaded some point soon. Thanks for suggesting. 🙂

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Very useful 🥰I love the way of explaining 💖

[@GabriellaTavini]

Thank you kindly, Jerome! 🙂

[@HWhite-hc5ge]

Great analysis, but slight issue with the dates. The poem was not written, but PUBLISHED in 1862 (the year after Albert's death).

[@lalalali90elal42]

Hiii, I rly like ur analysis on ‘remember.’ Recently, I’m doing poetry comparison between this poem and sonnet 116. Is it possible if i say that one of the similarities between these two poems is that they all want to convey the theme of love and the eternity of love? In sonnet 116, Shakespeare gave many examples of how love is permanent, and for Rossetti, although death may bring grief to her lover but she eventually encourages her lover to still find love, so that love can be continued and can be everlasting? And her selfless love also indicates that love is boundless and it actually goes beyond the two lovers … can that be considered as a similarity? Dont know, lol, thank you!!!

[@GabriellaTavini]

TAll amazing points especially the idea about Rossetti’s love being boundless as she encourages her lover to continue living and loving someone else. Just a note on what they’re both conveying. Just say “the eternity of love” rather than “love” on its own. “Love” on its own is too broad. By specifying the “eternity of love” you actually make your argument stronger. Good luck! Thanks for commenting 🙏🏻

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Ahh so this is wher the frayz good murning came Fram

[@GabriellaTavini]

Possibly!?

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Put it back ..

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You singal? 😉

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Not just a woman ... but an "incredible" woman ... right !?

[@GabriellaTavini]

So true! 👏🏼

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Why do you assume the speaker is a woman?

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Clueless..