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What does Bronte suggest about the nature of friendship?

It is short-lived

It is long-lasting

It will fade over time

Which plant does the speaker compare love to?

The holly tree

A Christmas tree

A briar rose

In which season does the speaker suggest love will fade?

Spring

Summer

Winter

What feature of the holly tree resembles friendship?

It is an evergreen

It is shiny

It is prickly

How does Brontë use rhyme in this poem?

To show how love and friendship are equal

To reflect the way love changes

To reflect the steady nature of love

Which personal pronoun is used in the final line?
You..................... She...................... He

How many stanzas are in this poem?

1............ 2............ 3...........

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Considerations

Overview: the poem tells us that friendship is more constant than romantic love.

Extended metaphors: friendship is compared to a holly-tree that is green all year round, while romantic love is a ‘wild briar-rose’ that blooms in spring and summer and fades in winter.

Structure and language: its simplicity, use of quatrains, the turning point in the second stanza, developing rhyme scheme and rhythm.

Reader’s reactions: different views, what message might be taken from reading the poem?

Conclusion: there is a definite message that friendship will last, but the poet also celebrates the wild beauty of romantic love.

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Bronte uses the extended metaphors of plants to represent the different types of love. Even though the ‘holly is dark’ in spring and summer when the rose is bright and blooming, by wintertime, the ‘silly rose-wreath’ will have wilted when the holly will still have its ‘sheen’. Similarly, Bronte implies that friendship will last and stay constant through all seasons, whereas love, though ‘wild’ and ‘sweet’ in season, will not be as lasting.

She acknowledges the excitement that comes with romantic love but reminds us that it is fleeting. Friendship, on the other hand, will be there during both difficult and good times.

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1. How does Emily Bronte present friendship in Love and Friendship?

2. Bronte uses Love and Friendship to warn about the fleeting nature of love. Compare her approach to a poem of your own choice.

3. How does Emily Bronte make her message clear in Love and Friendship?

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Love - Bronte starts the poem with a simile, comparing love to ‘the wild rose-briar’. She goes on to show how the rose changes through the seasons, implying that love will also fade.

Friendship - Friendship is compared to the holly-tree which stays green throughout the year. Brontë suggests that this quality of consistency is shared by true friendship.

Seasons - During spring and summer, the wild rose-briar is in bloom and its flowers ‘scent the air’. The seasons represent the times when love is also new and easy. Brontë suggests that winter is a more difficult time and that love, like the rose, might not survive the challenges posed by the colder season.

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Love - ‘Yet wait till winter comes again/ And who will call the wild-briar fair?’
Friendship -‘But which will bloom most constantly?’
Seasons - ‘The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring’

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Love: Bronte refers to romantic love in this poem and warns the reader that, though lovely, it is transient and will not last.
Friendship: On the other hand, Bronte suggests that friendship is steady and constant and able to sustain all difficulties.
Seasons: Bronte uses the seasons to represent different times in both friendship and love.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uNY68-OwfQ