Life By Charlotte Bronte Mood

Although Charlotte Bronte has long perished, her emotions and thoughts still live. As clichéd as it sounds, poetry has the power to surpass it’s mortal creator and become an eternal glimpse into the poet’s soul. Although this observation is no secret, it should not be overlooked. It is such a potent and remarkable concept that when one reads a poem they are literally getting the condensed and encrypted emotions left behind to be interpreted. While not tangible, poetry has the power to communicate emotions across an indefinite time-space by using three things: diction, syntax, and tone. By using these three techniques, Bronte effectively showcases her emotions in her poem “Life”.
One of the ways Bronte executes her thoughts and emotions in
When Bronte wrote this poem in 1848 she had already experienced the death of all of her siblings and her mother. Instead of absolutely cursing and scorning life, Bronte saw the positivity in life’s trials, and therefore exuded a tone of wisdom and authority throughout the entirety of the poem. Although wisdom is the underlying tone, there are two other tones that hover above it – one being a contrast between the dark and bright moments of life, while the other being how hope is powerful enough to lift one up during dark times. This can be seen in lines one through twelve as Bronte says “Sometimes there are clouds of gloom, but these are transient all,” (Lines 5&6) and then transitions into the theme of home “Yet Hope again elastic springs,” (Line 17). Lines 1 through 12 contrast the rain, dark, gloomy day – which can represent life's hardships – with the sunny, wonderful day that can also come in this world, even right after the gloomy day--and cause roses to bloom. In other words, Bronte is saying not to stress because things will always get better. In lines 13 to the 24 there is a slight shift in tone that transitions into a more positive one that reiterates how hope can cure one of despair and overcome any