- What conclusions do you come to based on Bronte's comparisons in "Love and Friendship"?
- What images does "Stars" create as you read it?
- What does the speaker in "Stars" prefer and why?
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 contantly?
The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who wil 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.
Stars
Ah! why, because the dazzling sun
Restored our Earth to joy,
Have you departed, every one,
And left a desert sky?
All through the night, your glorious eyes
Were gazing down in mine,
And, with a full heart's thankful sighs,
I blessed that watch divine.
I was at peace, and drank your beams
As they were life to me;
And revelled in my changeful dreams,
Like petrel on the sea.
Thought followed thought, star followed star,
Through boundless regions, on;
While one sweet influence, near and far,
Thrilled through, and proved us one!
Why did the morning dawn to break
So great, so pure, a spell;
And scorch with fire the tranquil cheek,
Where your cool radiance fell?
Blood-red, he rose, and, arrow-straight,
His fierce beams struck my brow;
The soul of nature sprang, elate,
But mine sank sad and low!
My lids closed down, yet through their veil
I saw him, blazing, still,
And steep in gold the misty dale,
And flash upon the hill.
I turned me to the pillow, then,
To call back night, and see
Your worlds of solemn light, again,
Throb with my heart, and me!
It would not do--the pillow glowed,
And glowed both roof and floor;
And birds sang loudly in the wood,
And fresh winds shook the door;
The curtains waved, the wakened flies
Were murmuring round my room,
Imprisoned there, till I should rise,
And give them leave to roam.
Oh, stars, and dreams, and gentle night;
Oh, night and stars, return!
And hide me from the hostile light
That does not warm, but burn;
That drains the blood of suffering men;
Drinks tears, instead of dew;
Let me sleep through his blinding reign,
And only wake with you!
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 wil 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.
Stars
Ah! why, because the dazzling sun
Restored our Earth to joy,
Have you departed, every one,
And left a desert sky?
All through the night, your glorious eyes
Were gazing down in mine,
And, with a full heart's thankful sighs,
I blessed that watch divine.
I was at peace, and drank your beams
As they were life to me;
And revelled in my changeful dreams,
Like petrel on the sea.
Thought followed thought, star followed star,
Through boundless regions, on;
While one sweet influence, near and far,
Thrilled through, and proved us one!
Why did the morning dawn to break
So great, so pure, a spell;
And scorch with fire the tranquil cheek,
Where your cool radiance fell?
Blood-red, he rose, and, arrow-straight,
His fierce beams struck my brow;
The soul of nature sprang, elate,
But mine sank sad and low!
My lids closed down, yet through their veil
I saw him, blazing, still,
And steep in gold the misty dale,
And flash upon the hill.
I turned me to the pillow, then,
To call back night, and see
Your worlds of solemn light, again,
Throb with my heart, and me!
It would not do--the pillow glowed,
And glowed both roof and floor;
And birds sang loudly in the wood,
And fresh winds shook the door;
The curtains waved, the wakened flies
Were murmuring round my room,
Imprisoned there, till I should rise,
And give them leave to roam.
Oh, stars, and dreams, and gentle night;
Oh, night and stars, return!
And hide me from the hostile light
That does not warm, but burn;
That drains the blood of suffering men;
Drinks tears, instead of dew;
Let me sleep through his blinding reign,
And only wake with you!
Both poems are very warm and frilly...I didn't even try to understand it too much because the message was obvious in the titles. However, the second poem reminded me of things Michael Jackson would say. Just saying....
ReplyDeleteAlso, it kind of made me mad...I don't know why, it just did...
ReplyDeleteLove will always be there but a friendship will come and go. The stars poem was very interesting and gave me a lot of ideas of the poem. The poet made stars seem like it was the most beautiful thing in the world. The sun made her sad because it was so bright and hot. She always wanted to see the stars at night and never wanted the sun to come up.
ReplyDelete-Jasmine Randolph
Oh...and the conclusion of the first poem is that both love and friendship are seasonal things, but can also last forever...marinate on that for a minute...
ReplyDeleteshanique boyd i like this poem because its stating that friendship is destroyed when love is found. also its saying that love and friendship comes aat different times but it always come i like this poem because situations happen like this in real luife and i can relate
ReplyDeleteIn "Love in Friendship" Emily Bronte compares love to a wild rose-briar and friendship to the holly-tree which grow at opposite times of the year. The tone to me is bittersweet because she says "The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring-----Yet wait till winter comes again
ReplyDeleteAnd who wil call the wild-briar fair?". Which to me means in the spring the love blossoms into something beautiful but what happens to the love when winter comes around? Love and friendship so hand in hand and you really can't have one without the other.
-Aysia Lee
shanique boyd i think love come and go but friends last forever
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "stars" I loved how Emily Bronte talked about the night and the way she explained her love for the night time. In the poem she explained how she saw the sun rising and she didn't want it to because she said "why did the morning dawn to break"; she also used personification calling the sun "he" and she also said "oh night and stars return!" which means she didn't want it to be morning again. she found her peace of mind in the night time.
ReplyDelete-Lea H.
Respond To Aysia:
ReplyDeleteI like the way you described the comparsions in "Love in Friendship" poem and you expressed the meaning of the poem very well.
-Jasmine Randolph
Shanique , It doesn't really say that friendship is really "destroyed" so to speak. Notice at the end of the poem she said "Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
ReplyDeleteAnd deck thee with the holly's sheen" which mean people scorn love but deck the thee with friendship but i like that me and you kinda got the same idea and tone from the poem. :)
-Aysia
"STARS"
ReplyDeleteThis poem is referring to the stars being so far away but yet, still remains to stay amusing. The brightness of their eyes, body structure, their whole figure amazed me. (Personification) Looking at me as if I was beautiful like them. The next move they made was quite interesting following each other, chasing, as if it was ready to transfer into a shooting star. Then the major star came into play.. "The Sun". It was Mega bright, so i closed my eyes and turn back to my pillow, blocking the beautiful glow; As the morning arose. The stars dissappeared. I called for them to come back. No response. Intil we meet again. Perhaps TONIGHT
-pryncess jasmine-
Celeana; Love and Friendship is a pretty good poem. It goes on in explaining how love and friendship are different in many, but may also need each other at the end. The rose-brair is comparing love; how it blooms in the spring and gives a nice sent to the air in the summer time. While friendship is like a holly tree, dark compared to this beautiful rose. The holly tree never changes in season, while the wild rose does. During the winter time the wild rose would need the holly tree to keep its color and to contiune to bloom all year round also.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jasmine :)
ReplyDelete-Aysia
My opinion of the poem stars to me i kind of got an holy feel of it. Like in the first part of the peom it seem like Emily Bronte was using metaphors describing God. Such as she was saying divine which mean higher power. She also said something about glorious eyes down in mines which could mean God to me, because he looks down on us everyday. The more i read the story i got a feeling that she was talking about a man that she may be interested in as i got more deeper into the poem.
ReplyDelete- CheVon Miller
Oh for the record...so there is no confusion of the one track minded kids...this is Carol...
ReplyDelete@celeana: you put alot of thought into that...i am so proud of you :)
ReplyDelete@carol....nobody cares....
ReplyDelete"Love and Friendship"
ReplyDeleteLove and Friendship is referring to how friendship and love can be wonderful but wen it comes to friendship its kind of stronger than love because love only comes around like seasons but a friendship can stay strong. Friendship can stand tall like the holly tree where the rose grows on but when the seasons change the rose dies until the season where it can blossom again just like love!
Kia Rawlings
"Love and Friendship" is about how friendship starts and can blossom to more than just that. It is also saying that even though they might can go away they will always be friends. This poem made feel happy and joyful because the mood it makes bring sunny and cheer. It makes you feel relaxed and calm knowing that you will still we attached to that other person no matter what the situation will be. This is Tyneisha F. posting.
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ReplyDelete@Joseph WHO ASKED YOU...? Find the nearest bridge wth lots of rocks and shallow water...and take a REALLY BIG LEAP OVER...XD
ReplyDeleteLea: I like the way you think. I did the same poem too, but reading your information gave me a better understanding of "stars
ReplyDelete-pryncess j.
@joseph bequiettttttttttt
ReplyDeleteCeleana, thanks alot because i didnt understand that poem for nothing... but i went back and read it and i understand where you coming from. i got the comparsion that she was making between the to and the opposite of the two.
ReplyDelete- CheVon Miller
@Joseph thanks, I really did like that poem. I read it like 5 times...Im bout to be a famous poet.
ReplyDelete@Kia;i like the ways you describe the post because it sounds interesting
ReplyDelete-Tyneisha F.
The poem Stars was very unique! I have read many poems by Emily Bronte and most of her poems are mainly about love. This particular poem caught my eye because she kind of gave the stars person like qualities. It seems as if she enjoys the stars more than she would a human being...
ReplyDeleteAll through the night, your glorious eyes
Were gazing down in mine,...
The personification in this line allowed me to believe that she wasn't talking about a particular person and she would prefer the stars than waking up to a person. Her feelings also changes when the sun becomes to come up and her desire for the stars began to fade.
-Keisha
@English your welcome I love poems, thats why i get into that much.
ReplyDeleteDear Morayma & Danielle!
ReplyDelete-I think both of you had very valid points. I think it cool that we read the same poems and came up with completly different points. Reading you'lls response mad be go back and reada the poem to see what I may have missed for us to come up with way different views. I feel that poems relate to different people in diffent ways. #toeachitsown
Another reponse by DEJAUNA ROSE!
@Carol: The diction does seem frilly to us because we are from a different time period. I believe in the second poem this may have been done on purpose to increase the romanticizing of the stars in contrast to the sun.
ReplyDelete@Jasmine & Kia: Both of you have come to the conclusion that friendship is longer lasting than love. I like this about Bronte’s poem because I believe friendship is necessary for love… What do you think?
@Shanique: I can also relate to the idea that love has a destructive effect on friendship, but I also believe that the “holly tree” metaphor tells us that friendship will hold out longer than the rose. The rose externally more beautiful, but friendship is constant and life-giving (green).
@Aysia & Celeana: I hadn’t thought of your interpretation, but I think it is valid. All nature is interdependent, and therefore I do believe that this poem could be saying that love and friendship depend on one another.
@Lea: Bronte does personify the sun by giving it male human characteristics. You also defend your stance well when you say that the speaker prefers the night stars to the sun.
@Princess: Very prose-like response. You show that you can relate to the emotions the speaker feels towards both the sun and stars. You also conclude well with “night,” which signifies “ending” and “darkness” like the cycles of the day and night.
@Chevon: Excellent argument. I am glad you shared this with us. To take your interpretation further, perhaps the “man” she is describing is like a god to her.
@Tyneisha: I like your comment that Bronte may be saying that “friendship …can blossom to more than just that.” This would relate to the rose image—friendship blooming into love.
@Keisha: Your identification of Bronte’s use of personification is an interesting contrast to Chevon’s comment. In your opinion, the personification shows that Bronte is not talking about a person, but Chevon interpreted it to mean that maybe Bronte is talking about a person. Cool