Context

• Author of "I Remember, I Remember"

  Thomas Hood
• "I Remember, I Remember"
- Form


  • Repetition of the title throughout the poem.
  • Inconsistent rhyme scheme - he isn't consistently happy.
• "I Remember, I Remember"



  • Remembering happier times during childhood.
  • Things have changed for the worse in his life.
  • He wishes to return to his childhood where he belonged in nature.
  • Contrast between carefree youth and the burdens of adulthood.
• Thomas Hood


  • Had very poor health and became an invalid by the age of 41.
  • Poem is tinged with sadness due to his weak health.
  • He wished to return to the free childhood he had in nature.
  • He remembers the happier times he had before he was ill.