1. WHEN I AM DEAD, MY DEAREST
By Christina Rossetti

2. When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;

3. Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:

4. Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;

5. And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

6. I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;

7. I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:

8. And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,

9. Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

10. Grief of those who lost their loved one
Does not want to be missed
Forgetting would be happier

11. -Born in Victorian Era
- Surrounded by the Arts
- Imitated favorite poets
- As a woman, was not appreciated
- Later extremely renowned
- Poetry dealt with loss
-Does not want to be missed or
become a painful memory
-No need to hold them close

12. Sibilance – Allowing the poem to read on without interruption
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Repetition of the S sound
Alliteration – The repetition of
a sound or consonant
shady cypress
green grass
sad songs

13. Metaphors – To speak of one thing in place of another
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
Poets senses have shut down completely.

14. - Born to the Victorian Era
- High Mortality Rate

15. - From four weeks to four years
- Black clothes only
- Cannot forget