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Recommended: literary devices of the poem Remembrance by Emily Bronte

What are some ways that you handle absence in your life? Sometimes people do things they enjoy to take their mind off of someone. They either plan certain activities with friends or go and do things by themselves. Some even move on and replace their loved one or friend. This can be very hurtful to accept; however, many will say that it is a part of life. Just like death. Death can cause the feeling of absence and it can be a hard feeling to control. In the poems, Remembrance by Emily Bronte, The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy, and Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? by Thomas Hardy, all show how they handle absence, or something missing, by a loved one, a sign of hope, or the knowledge that people remember the speaker.
Emily Bronte in Remembrance is worried about forgetting and moving on without her love. I could easily say that everyone loses someone, so listen up. I have a better intention. Read this poem if you want to get over a bad breakup or a bad loss. When someone we love dies, we tend to feel the same way, lost and alone. Bronte’s speaker reminds us that existence can be stre...

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