Sunday, May 15, 2022

"Love and Friendship" by Emily Bronte

 

Love and Friendship


Love is like the wild rose-briar,

Friendship like the holly-tree

The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms

But which will bloom most constantly?

 

The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring,

Its summer blossoms scent the air;

Yet wait till winter comes again

And who will call the wild-briar fair?

 

Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now

And deck thee with the holly's sheen,

That when December blights thy brow

He may still leave thy garland green.

 

 

Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


poem video👇 

https://youtu.be/z2W3cqKL8wI




Who wrote the poem "Love and Friendship"?


Emily Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848)

Emily Jane Brontë was an English poet and novelist. She published poems under the pseudonym Ellis Bell with her sisters Emily and Charlotte, and by herself. She also wrote her only novel, Wuthering Heights, which is widely considered a classic of English literature. She died of tuberculosis at the age of 30.


"Love and Friendship" explanation

In the poem, the speaker likens romantic love and friendship to different plants and compares them. She argues that, in their peaks, romantic love may look sweet and splendid, but when the time gets harsh, love can be so fragile while friendship often lasts longer.


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