Love & Friendship Analysis
Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree --
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who wil call the wild-briar fair?
Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly's sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He may still leave thy garland green.
Friendship like the holly-tree --
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who wil call the wild-briar fair?
Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly's sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He may still leave thy garland green.
Love and friendship - Sometimes one wonders whether which one matters most. Is it love? Or is it friendship? In Emily Bronte's poem, Love and Friendship, Bronte symbolizes love as being a "wild rose-briar" and refers to a friendship as being a "holly tree". The 'wild rose-briar" is sweet and its "summer blossoms scent the air", but what happens in the winter? As for the "holly tree", one "may still leave thy garland green". Bronte refers love and friendship as being, indeed, beautiful things, but she implies an opinion stating friendship is always there to lend a helping hand when love lets you down.
