Remembrance (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Emily Brontë
- First Published: 1846
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Memory, Love or romance, Despair, Emotions, Death or dying, Loyalty, Bereavement or grief, Time, Cemeteries
The Poem
Except for its brevity, Emily Brontë’s lyrical poem “Remembrance” contains all of the characteristics of an elegy. Its subject is the mourning of the death of a beloved; the poem is meditative; the poet attempts to come to terms with the death of her lover from the past; finally, there is some evidence that the poet accepts her loss and finds solace, at long last.
The persona of the poem may or may not be Emily Brontë herself. Biographers have tried unsuccessfully to identify a young man from her youth whose death could have later given occasion to the...
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