Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you’re lagging, I may remember him! –"Heart, we will forget him!," Emily Dickinson Think about the effect of personification in the poem. What does it help communicate? the speaker’s fear that she might forget important memories the comfort the speaker takes in warmth the speaker’s need to create her own warmth and light the struggle the speaker has in forgetting him.