Analysis of Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee

Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)



Shall Earth no more inspire thee,
Thou lonely dreamer now ?
Since passion may not fire thee
Shall nature cease to bow ?

Thy mind is ever moving
In regions dark to thee;
Recall its useless roving -
Come back and dwell with me -

I know my mountain breezes
Enchant annd soothe thee still -
I know my sunshine pleases
Despite thy wayward will -

When day with evening blending
Sinks from the summer sky,
I've seen thy spirit bending
In fond idolotry -

I've watched thee every hour -
I know my mighty sway -
I know my magic power
To drive thy griefs away -

Few hearts to mortal given
On earth so wildly pine
Yet none would ask a Heaven
More like this Earth than thine -

Then let my winds caress thee -
Thy comrade let me be -
Since nought beside can bless thee
Return and dwell with me -


Scheme ABAB CACA DEDE CXCF FGFG HIHI AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (86%)
Metre 1111011 110101 11011101 110111 1111010 010111 111010 110111 1111010 011111 111110 011101 1111010 110101 1111010 011 11110010 111101 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 1111010 111111 1111011 11111 1101111 010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 768
Words 156
Sentences 3
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Emily Jane Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. more…

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