He says about playing with a swing and enjoying the breeze and wind and he was all energetic and high in sprits and when he recalls those times with his present, he does not even have the energy to lift a brow. However in the third stanza, he gives a combination feel of his past and present. The second stanza describes about the days of his childhood, where he sees and feels the beautiful colors of roses and lilies and the lilacs and talks about a tree that he and his brother spent days even on his brother’s day. However in the last two lines, he says about his present situation and how he wished the night had tolerated his breath. Those beautiful days where the sun rays came and beautiful days were there in the proportion. In the poem, Hood initially portrays his childhood and the house where he was born. “I Remember, I Remember” is a poem in which Hood reflects his sentiments of life and his childhood. It continued till his wife, Jane Hood also passed away and later a small amount was allowed for maintenance of his two children. As Peel was a great admirer of Hood’s work, the pension was granted and it did help the family during Hood’s last months. Since his health was not in condition, a number of his friends made applications to Sir Robert Peel to consider Hood’s name in the list of literary men who receive pension from the British State. Even though was sick in bed, he continued his work in poetry which were all well known. Hood later on started a magazine on his own, for which he had assistance from many men in literary, but was sustained due his own activity. Hood was particularly fond of making practical jokes to his family members, which he enjoyed and one among those were described in one of his daughter’s writings “ Memorials of Thomas Hood”. Thomas Hood was a British poet and humorist.
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