"Valediction" reminded me of a poem set to music that we sang in choir last year. It has the same general idea, but is much easier to analyze! Anyway, I thought I'd post this because it's an interesting comparison.
"Remember" by Christiana Georgiana Rossetti
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
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I'd say the most prominent difference is the lack of a love element in this poem. Valediction went to great lengths to establish their love as the greatest ever, while this poem barely implies love.
Yeah
Comparable but not nearly as deep!
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