A Death-Scene. Ellis Bell
DEATH-SCENE. ELLIS BELL by Charlotte Brontë: A young woman, Emily, returns to her family's estate after a long absence, only to find her father dead and her mother grieving. As she navigates the aftermath of her father's death, Emily becomes increasingly isolated and withdrawn, struggling to cope with her own emotions and the weight of her family's legacy.
By Charlotte Brontë · First published 1848 · Genre: Poetry, Gothic, Romantic · 483 words
First lines
"O day! he cannot die When thou so fair art shining! O Sun, in such a glorious sky, So tranquilly declining;
He cannot leave thee now, While fresh west winds are blowing, And all around his youthful brow Thy cheerful light is glowing!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- Date: 1848 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Gothic, Romantic
- Length: 483 words
- Structure: 1 section, 13 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — The book 'A DEATH-SCENE. ELLIS BELL' is a poem circulated under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, making poetry the primary genre of the work.
- Gothic — As with many of Charlotte Bronte's works, the poem is marked by its physical and psychological isolation of characters, dark themes and introspective mood that are characteristic of the Gothic genre.
- Romantic — The themes of intense emotion, nature’s sublime power, and death, commonly explored in Romantic literature, are at the core the poem 'A DEATH-SCENE. ELLIS BELL'.
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death · tragedy · gothic · literature · poetry · romanticism · identity · loss · grief · nature · emotion · darkness