What does Ophelia sing about?

Answer 1

Ophelia sings a number of songs in Hamlet.

"Tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day

All in the morning betime,

And I a maid at your window

To be your Valentine.

Then up he rose and donned his clothes

And dupped the chamber door:

Let in the maid that out a maid

Never departed more."

This is a song about loss of innocence, and sexual betrayal.

"And will a not come again?

And will a not come again?

Oh, no, he is dead, go to thy deathbed

He never will come again."

This is a song of mourning for her father.

"How should I your true love know

From another one

By his cockle hat and staff

And his sandal shoon."

This is a song both of love and of death. The image of a lover as a pilgrim is also found in Romeo and Juliet. The second verse is about the death of a loved one.

"They bore him barefaced on the bier

Hey non nonny nonny hey nonny

And in his grave rained many a tear . . ."

Another mourning song.

"For bonny sweet Robin is all of my joy."

Another love song.