Love and Friendship
Emily Brontë * Track #27 On Poems of Emily Brontë
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Love and Friendship by Emily Brontë
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With thanks to contributor Jen1975 for the concise introductory summary.
Introduction
The essence of the message of this poem is that, whilst love often blooms leaving friends in the shadows, ulitmately it is friendship that lasts and romantic love that fades and dies. The poet uses extended metaph...
Love and Friendship Annotated
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 contantly?
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.