The night is darkening round me
Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)
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Poet Emily Jane Brontë 1818–1848
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Nature, Arts & Sciences, Winter, Living, Philosophy, Trees & Flowers
Occasions Farewells & Good Luck
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
Biography
The only poems by Emily Brontë that were published in her lifetime were included in a slim volume by Brontë and her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846), which sold a mere two copies and received only three unsigned reviews in the months following its publication. The three notices were positive, however, especially with respect to the contributions of Ellis Bell—Emily Brontë. The . . .
Poems by Emily Jane Brontë
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SUBJECT Nature, Arts & Sciences, Winter, Living, Philosophy, Trees & Flowers
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
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