To a Wreath of Snow

"To a Wreath of Snow" is a poem written by Emily Brontë in December 1837,[1][2] the same month her sister Anne Brontë fell ill. Charlotte Brontë, their eldest sister, who had been working as a teacher, stopped working to care for Anne.

The full poem.

Analysis

"To a Wreath of Snow" features Brontë writing from the point of view of the character Augusta Almeda, the Queen of Gondal. Gondal is a fantasy world created by Emily and Anne Brontë three years previously. The context in which this poem was written suggests that Emily Brontë attempted to cope with her sister's illness by falling back into the fantasy world they had created together.

Brontë describes the snow as a "transient voyager of heaven" and "angel like," suggesting that she sees the snow as coming directly from God. In addition, the fact that the poem is addressed to the snow gives it status. This is reinforced when she describes the mountains as "crowned" in snow. When Brontë was alive, royalty was seen to be chosen by God and so the imagery of the mountains portrays the snow as being a gift from God. This is strengthened by the adjectives "crowned" and "silvery."

Sibilance is used most successfully in stanzas one and five. The writer uses sibilance to imitate the sound and atmosphere she describes. In stanza one, she is imitating the "silent sign," and in stanza five she is trying to create a serene atmosphere that is "soft" and "sweetly spoke" by using the soft "s" sound repeatedly.

Brontë uses punctuation throughout to emphasize her meaning. The first two lines of the first stanza begin with "O" and end with an exclamation mark suggesting that these lines are bursts of Augusta's (and possibly the author's) emotions. Brontë also develops caesura in the first line of stanza four. By combining repetition and the comma in, "For many a week, and many a day," Brontë mimics the length that she is describing.

Juxtaposition and contrasting imagery are used effectively in stanza four to conclude the poem. Brontë makes a metaphor of Augusta's heart "sinking" when the morning "rose." This helps the reader understand that when one characterized object descends, another ascends. Brontë suggests that to compensate for God's gift of the snow falling, Anne's life must be returned to God.

References

  1. ^ "A Short Analysis of Emily Bronte's 'To a Wreath of Snow'". Interesting Literature. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ^ "But angel like, when I awoke, / Thy silvery form so soft and fair / Shining through darkness, sweetly spoke / Of cloudy skies and mountains bare". Genius. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

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