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.
INTRODUCTION
This Essay will be analyzed by appreciating the poem “Love and Friendship” created by Emily Brontë. Emily Brontë was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire, to Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Brontë and the fifth of six children. In 1824, the family moved to Haworth, where Emily's father was perpetual curate, and it was in these surroundings that their literary gifts flourished. Emily Jane Brontë's Works: Novels: Wuthering Heights (1847) Poetry: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846) Selections from the literary remains of Emily and Anne Brontë (1850) Privately published by Dodd, Mead and Company of New York (1902) The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë (1908).
This Love and Friendship poem is to compare between love and friendship as the title. In this poem show which one matters most. Is it love? Or is it friendship? In this poem Love is symbolized as the “wild rose-briar” and friendship as “holly tree”, and The 'wild rose-briar" is sweet and its "summer blossoms scent the air", but what happens in the winter? As for the "holly tree", one "may still leave thy garland green". This poem