Emily Brontë

Brontë's most passionate, powerful poems on death, nature's beauty and the passage of time.

The Night Is Darkening Round Me

I couldn't have picked a better collection of poems to push me out of a personal slump, a period of adjustment and great grief. I don't think I've ever read an iteration of "Guess I'm depressed/dying." that goes as hard as "The Night is Darkening Around Me".  

Bronte's imagery is immaculate and I could only dream of painting difficult emotions into perfectly laid out words with sheer vibrance. They say poets are masochists for letting life treat them harshly for the sake of their art-I think about this a lot when I stumble upon great poetry, and this is no exception.

y✦

I couldn't have picked a better collection of poems to push me out of a personal slump, a period of adjustment and great grief. I don't think I've ever read an iteration of "Guess I'm depressed/dying." that goes as hard as "The Night is Darkening Around Me".  

Bronte's imagery is immaculate and I could only dream of painting difficult emotions into perfectly laid out words with sheer vibrance. They say poets are masochists for letting life treat them harshly for the sake of their art-I think about this a lot when I stumble upon great poetry, and this is no exception.

Julia R. Santos 

A true master of poetry, Emily Brontë (though undoubtedly quite dark) never ceases to amaze me with a mind much ahead of her time

Meriem💫

Lovely wee book of Emily Bronte's poetry.

Nikita Willemsen

4.5 stars

I adored this. Such lyrical imagery it made me feel as if I were strolling through a fantastical forest! I must say I'm quite the newcomer to Victorian poetry, so whether this really is as lovely as I think, could be debatable ;)
Towards the end some of the poems felt a little repetitive, especially number 22 really didn't get to me.

Raya 

I loved this poetry collection of Emily Brontë. I found nearly a dozen of beautiful poems which talked about lost love and hope, death, emotional turmoil and the idea of ceaseless pain. Resources say that when Charlotte found out Emily's poems and proposed to publish them, the latter went quite furious at her sister for it. Emily continued to be against publishing her works.
Well, I'm sorry Emily but things have changed and I will recommend everyone to read your work now 😌


Even if you did not love Wuthering Heights, then I'm sure you will love the poems this amazingly talented author has written

Tija

'... ever-present, phantom thing; My slave, my comrade, and my king' Some of Emily Brontë's most extraordinary poems Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Emily Brontë (1818-1848). Brontë's Wuthering Heights and The Complete Poems are available in Penguin Classics

The Night Is Darkening Round Me

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