Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMILY BRONTE, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What sacramental hurt that brings / the terror of the truth of things Last Line: Black sea, and curved uncouth sea-bitten shore. Subject(s): Bronte, Emily (1818-1848); Pain; Truth; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
What sacramental hurt that brings The terror of the truth of things Had changed thee? Secret be it yet. 'T was thine, upon a headland set, To view no isles of man's delight, With lyric foam in rainbow flight, But all a-swing, a-gleam, mid slow uproar, Black sea, and curved uncouth sea-bitten shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A FRIEND'S SONG FOR SIMOISIUS by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY |
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