Emily Bronte's poem analysis

Background of the poem: Emily Bronte spends last days of her life at home. She didn’t have any outdoor activities. Her life was full of miseries and gloomy incidents. There is not any light of hope and couragment in her life. She was fed up with her life. She wrote this poem in those days when she was bound at home. This poem is the true representative of her disappointed feelings. She wanted to sleep but sleep brings no rest to her. She wanted to sleep eternally. She was disturbed by the painful memories which she had suffering in her life. She wanted to escape from the reality.
As Paul Lieder points out; “Emily Bronte wrote so little in her short life that it is difficult to appraise her work with any surety. One point is generally agreed that in both her prose and poetry there is in spite of minor faults or rare power.
Title of the poem: Emily Bronte’s poem, “Sleep brings no joy to me” don’t have any title. The poem is without a title. Infect Emily was very discouraged after her brother’s death. She was very prone to sickness. She spent most of her time at home. During her time at home she wrote all her poems in a notebook. When her sisters found this notebook and read her poetry. Her sisters incouraged her to publish her work. So this book was published by the name of “Wuthering Heights” in 1847. This poem reflects the miseries of her own life. This poem is all about her life and how she tired of it. She wanted to get rid of her life and wants to die.
Themes of the poem: This poem is an autobiographical poem of Emily Bronte. This poem reveals her miserable condition in her life. The themes of the poem are;
Death
Hopelessness
Escapism
Painful memories Death: Death is the main theme of the poem. The poem is written by Emily Bronte. The poetess wants to die because doesn’t find any source of comfort and relief even in sleep. In this poem we can