Question

What mood does the poem ' I Remember I Remember 'create? *

Answer 1

Answer:

The first stanza begins the poem with the anaphoric line which continues to chime throughout the poem, ‘I Remember, I Remember.’ This line centralises the poem on the pronoun ‘I’. By elevating the self, instantly Hood is exposing to the reader an intimate memory, bringing the reader along for his nostalgic journey into childhood. The use of the present tense ‘remember’ also helps to create a divide within the poem. Hood is very much stuck in the present, he is ‘remembering’ the past and can never return. This is a point of sorrow for Hood, with him missing the ease of childhood life.