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kizzia's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Re-read these poems by the Brontë sisters for World Poetry Day and, as when I first read them, I found much more of a sense of who they were as people than I ever got from their novels.
mollybug7's review
For some reason these poems really triggered my anxiety. Would not recommend if you have issues with mortality.
fictionaltiff's review
5.0
First, my favorite poem:
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring
And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze;
For above and around me the wild wind is roaring, Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas.
The long withered grass in the sunshine is glancing, The bare trees are tossing their branches on high; The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing, The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky
I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing
The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray;
I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing, And hear the wild roar of their thunder to-day!
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Brontë fans should be sure to check this book of poems out. This is the Brontë sisters' very first published book and it was originally collaborated together among the sisters to be published, but later after her sisters passed away, Charlotte revised it with some unseen poems that she had discovered, realizing she wanted her sisters to have the fame they deserved.
I really enjoyed this and felt like I could identify with the more spiritual poems. A lot of passages also gave an inside view to the gloomy side of the Brontë sisters.
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring
And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze;
For above and around me the wild wind is roaring, Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas.
The long withered grass in the sunshine is glancing, The bare trees are tossing their branches on high; The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing, The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky
I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing
The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray;
I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing, And hear the wild roar of their thunder to-day!
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Brontë fans should be sure to check this book of poems out. This is the Brontë sisters' very first published book and it was originally collaborated together among the sisters to be published, but later after her sisters passed away, Charlotte revised it with some unseen poems that she had discovered, realizing she wanted her sisters to have the fame they deserved.
I really enjoyed this and felt like I could identify with the more spiritual poems. A lot of passages also gave an inside view to the gloomy side of the Brontë sisters.
nerdkitten's review
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship
izabrekilien's review
3.0
Recently, I read Emily's poems and I didn't like them very much. Didn't hate them either, but I didn't feel drawned to them. Strangely enough, they were the ones I prefered in this particular book.
It's not the book I would recommend to those who have never read the Brontës, but if you have, if you know their lives, this will be interesting. You can spot particular themes that you can also find in their novels, you can find echoes of their lives and know who or what they are writing about. And on a second reading, I even loved some of them. This edition was particularly moving because they were annotated by Charlotte, who took to doing this work after losing her siblings.
So, for a first reading : no. But if you're interested in British poetry, Victorian literature or simply the Brontês : yes !
PS : This is the first book they ever published and only sold... two copies !
It's not the book I would recommend to those who have never read the Brontës, but if you have, if you know their lives, this will be interesting. You can spot particular themes that you can also find in their novels, you can find echoes of their lives and know who or what they are writing about. And on a second reading, I even loved some of them. This edition was particularly moving because they were annotated by Charlotte, who took to doing this work after losing her siblings.
So, for a first reading : no. But if you're interested in British poetry, Victorian literature or simply the Brontês : yes !
PS : This is the first book they ever published and only sold... two copies !