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    The document provides a critical analysis of Emily Bronte's poem "Encouragement". It summarizes that the poem addresses a grieving sister about the loss of their mother figure. Though Bronte herself lost her mother at a young age, the poem offers an unusual perspective of indifference to the tragic event. It advises stopping tears, as grief without cause is vain. While the death of one's mother seems a valid cause for grief, the poem suggests the mother's spirit lives on. It concludes on a note of hope, that the siblings now have a guardian angel watching over them.

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    The document provides a critical analysis of Emily Bronte's poem "Encouragement". It summarizes that the poem addresses a grieving sister about the loss of their mother figure. Though Bronte herself lost her mother at a young age, the poem offers an unusual perspective of indifference to the tragic event. It advises stopping tears, as grief without cause is vain. While the death of one's mother seems a valid cause for grief, the poem suggests the mother's spirit lives on. It concludes on a note of hope, that the siblings now have a guardian angel watching over them.

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    The document provides a critical analysis of Emily Bronte's poem "Encouragement". It summarizes that the poem addresses a grieving sister about the loss of their mother figure. Though Bronte herself lost her mother at a young age, the poem offers an unusual perspective of indifference to the tragic event. It advises stopping tears, as grief without cause is vain. While the death of one's mother seems a valid cause for grief, the poem suggests the mother's spirit lives on. It concludes on a note of hope, that the siblings now have a guardian angel watching over them.

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    Assignment

    Critical Appreciation of Encouragement by Emily Jane Bronte

    Subject
    Women Literature
    Submitted to
    Ma’am Shaista
    Submitted by
    Javaid Raza
    BS English 8th

    National University of Modern Languages Multan Campus


    ‘Encouragement’ by Emily Bronte
    Emily Bronte is one of the important novelist and poet from the Victorian
    area. She is best known for her only novel ‘Wuthering Heights’ which is
    considered as a literary classic. The writing style of Emily Bronte was figurative
    and self-effacing interspersed with poetic prose. Emily, a sibling of five had an
    isolated lifestyle and sought refuge in her art. Her poetry speaks for her literary
    genius. Themes of her poetry revolve around, love, romance, death, sadness,
    nostalgia, nature and past. She was a solitary individual who preferred being alone
    with her thoughts, feelings and imagination, her “spirit wandering wide / Through
    infinite immensity”, as she wrote in I’m Happiest When Most Away. Emily died in
    1848.
    Encouragement by Emily Bronte is one of the most touching poems written
    by the gifted poet, about the loss of a mother figure and a family that must carry on
    despite the tragedy. This is a poem that resonates with the Bronte’s own lives, as
    the matriarch of that family passed away very young Emily Bronte herself was
    only three, which makes the subject matter of the poem a subject for some
    controversy. In the poem, Emily Bronte addresses a grieving sister, but the Bronte
    sisters lived nearly their entire lives without their mother Anne, the youngest, was
    an infant at the time of her passing, and Charlotte, the eldest, was five. Despite the
    apparent disconnect from age, Encouragement manages to be a powerful piece that
    addresses the indescribable and lasting grief and pain that follows such a tragedy.
    Encouragement offering a perspective that is very unusual in its relative
    indifference to a clearly tragic event. The first few lines of the poem state not only
    that the speaker “does not” weep, but that they “would not,” suggesting that they
    see no reason to shed tears, despite the heavy implication from the next line that
    the speaker’s mother has passed away. Addressing another character, the speaker
    then advises that they stop crying, because it is vain to hold onto grief without
    cause. The second verse is even worse in this regard, using repetition of the phrase
    “what though” essentially being a kinder way of saying “so what if” in response to
    ideas such as a mother never being gone forever. As well, the concept of the death
    of one’s mother being the source of “causeless grief” is extremely cold in its
    delivery. If the death of one’s mother is not a valid cause for grief, then what
    possibly could be.
    The images Bronte invokes are those of a mother smoothing her daughter’s
    hair, and comforting her during the inevitable pains of life. Each of these ideas
    feels like something that would objectively improve a person’s life, whether in the
    form of a minor comfort or a need to be fulfilled. The importance of the two
    images are contrasted and paralleled with each other to demonstrate how important
    a mother’s role is in each of its aspects, from the seemingly minor ones to the life-
    changing moments. Then She uses the phrase “angel spirit,” and provides a reason
    for the idea of not weeping: faith. For the speaker of the poem, the only thing that
    has died is the “mortal body” of the woman, and not her angelic spirit or caring
    presence. The speaker suggests that the mother’s spirit continues to thrive in the
    open wintry fields that presumably constitute a setting around their home. It is
    possible that the siblings are visiting their mother’s grave as the speaker expresses
    the content of the poem to their sister.
    The conclusion of Encouragement forms a theme of hope, a reminder to the
    reader that there is more to the world than meets the eye, and an opportunity for
    Emily Bronte to share the comforts of her faith during the most difficult times in
    her life. Rather than a mother, the narration now suggests that the siblings have a
    guardian angel instead and surely, given a new spiritual form, a mother would do
    everything in her newfound power to defend her children from the world “You
    know I’m right,” to paraphrase the final verse’s first line. The speaker admits that
    it is difficult to be physically separated from their mother, but that weeping
    because their mother is severed from them forever is silly and untrue. In that sense,
    they still have their mother, and will for the rest of their lives.
    The shift in Encouragement towards the titular concept takes a small amount
    of time, and it is possible that Emily Bronte intended for the tone of the piece to be
    one of “tough love,” so to speak. In the vein of a gentle rebuke towards her sister,
    this piece makes sense, though it does end on a significantly more optimistic note
    than it begins on. From the title, it is meant to be inspirational, a reminder of the
    enduring love of a parent, regardless of whether or not they still live, for their
    children. If in her lifetime, Bronte did feel protected and blessed by the spirit of a
    mother she scarcely knew, then it was likely a great source of inspiration and
    strength for her, and it is admirable to think of her using her talents to spread that
    strength to others.

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