"At Castlewood" Emily Bronte Analysis
Jackie Bako
Mrs. Boyd
AP English IV
15 September 2013 Poetry Analysis Paper Emily Brontë, born in Yorkshire, the fifth child of six children. Growing up, she always had a keen interest in writing poetry. With her collection of different poems, "At Castle Wood" was one. In Brontë 's poem, "At Castle Wood," she establishes a sorrowful theme through the use of imagery, Brontë 's tone of somber throughout her poem and also her use of end rhyme, for the purpose of creating a simple yet powerful grief stricken meaning. Brontë 's use of imagery in her poem, "At Castle Wood" establishes a dreary setting making the reader deem that the place is cold and empty. Brontë writes, "The day is done, the winter sun, is setting in its sullen sky." (l 1-2). Saying that the day is done is inferring to the end of a day, of course, and the winter sun, as in it is a cold day but the sun is setting from creating the small source of warmth on these cold winter days. Usually a winters sun presents a some what pleasant setting of delectation. Although, the reader might think the poem will be based off of a blissful setting and theme, Brontë elaborates on the day of the warm winter ' sun. Assuming one has not read the poem before, it is what they might expect and conclude, but continuing on the reader realizes what Emily is stating. Continuing on with reading about the "sullen sky" makes the reader envision a gloomy and fretful winters sky rather than a more delightful one. All together, with just the first two stanzas at the beginning of "At Castle Wood", Brontë creates the context of a relatively bleak day. She also says, "No star will light my coming night; No morn of hope for me will shine." (l 5-6). I believe she states that no source of light, such as a star, will make her matters better. Matters as in, her life or a situation she could be going through. Nothing can help or stop her from feeling so pessimistic and no kind of light will make any of her feelings towards
Mrs. Boyd
AP English IV
15 September 2013 Poetry Analysis Paper Emily Brontë, born in Yorkshire, the fifth child of six children. Growing up, she always had a keen interest in writing poetry. With her collection of different poems, "At Castle Wood" was one. In Brontë 's poem, "At Castle Wood," she establishes a sorrowful theme through the use of imagery, Brontë 's tone of somber throughout her poem and also her use of end rhyme, for the purpose of creating a simple yet powerful grief stricken meaning. Brontë 's use of imagery in her poem, "At Castle Wood" establishes a dreary setting making the reader deem that the place is cold and empty. Brontë writes, "The day is done, the winter sun, is setting in its sullen sky." (l 1-2). Saying that the day is done is inferring to the end of a day, of course, and the winter sun, as in it is a cold day but the sun is setting from creating the small source of warmth on these cold winter days. Usually a winters sun presents a some what pleasant setting of delectation. Although, the reader might think the poem will be based off of a blissful setting and theme, Brontë elaborates on the day of the warm winter ' sun. Assuming one has not read the poem before, it is what they might expect and conclude, but continuing on the reader realizes what Emily is stating. Continuing on with reading about the "sullen sky" makes the reader envision a gloomy and fretful winters sky rather than a more delightful one. All together, with just the first two stanzas at the beginning of "At Castle Wood", Brontë creates the context of a relatively bleak day. She also says, "No star will light my coming night; No morn of hope for me will shine." (l 5-6). I believe she states that no source of light, such as a star, will make her matters better. Matters as in, her life or a situation she could be going through. Nothing can help or stop her from feeling so pessimistic and no kind of light will make any of her feelings towards