"Remembrance," an elegy, tackles death, grief, and loss as the speaker laments the death of her first and only love 15 years previously. Bronte initially composed the poem in the voice of Gondal, a fictional realm she created with her brothers when they were youngsters. The poem is written in iambic tetrameter, which is the meter used by Shakespeare for many of his poems. Bronte's father wanted her to become a nun so she could save other people's souls and avoid the hardship of being married. However, she was passionate about writing and politics and felt that marrying well would help advance her career goals. She eventually found success after marrying Robert Bronte, who helped her publish several of her own works. They had three children together before he died at the age of 44. Bronte's poetry is considered to be one of the founding texts of modernism in England. Her work has been influential in shaping contemporary English poetry and is studied by students all over the world because of its complexity and importance.