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:earth_asia: Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee :earth_asia:, WRITTEN BY…
:earth_asia: Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee :earth_asia:
FORM AND STRUCTURE
Rhyme scheme (ABAB: six, AAAA: seven): Nature's power, consistency, strength and comfort it offers
Second and final stanza: Stray from alternating rhyme scheme indicates subject's wavering mental health as they try to cling onto normality
Alternates between iambic heptameter and iambic trimeter, known as classical prosody - form of Ancient Greek verse, childhood love of myths = folklore (possibly based in the land of Gondal)
Slowed down with regular pauses, caesura, end-stopped lines - conveys raw emotion of the subject
TITLE
A plea for mankind (the listener) to return to their relationship and to find solace and comfort in nature (speaker)
A plea for them to pull themselves out of the darkness of their mind and solitude
THEMES
Beauty of Nature
Human connection
Religion
Power
Disconnection
KEY QUOTES
"Shall earth no more inspire thee, thou lonely dreamer now"
"I know my mountain breezes, enchant and soothe thee still"
"I've seen thy spirit bending, in fond idolatry"
"I know my mighty sway, I know my magic power"
"Yet none would ask a heaven, more like this earth than thine"
"Since nought beside can bless thee, return and dwell with me."
"Sinks from the summer sky"
LANGUAGE
Caesura
Direct address
End-stopped line
Imperative
Imperative
Metaphor
Personification
Repetition
Rhetorical questions
Sibilance
CONTEXT
Romantic poetry: Explores disconnection from nature
Published under name 'Ellis Bell' to avoid controversy from the patriarchal society
Industrial revolution / Urbanisation
WRITTEN BY EMILY BRONTË (1818-1848)