How does the poet treat the theme of immortality in the poem ‘No Coward Soul is Mine’.
The daughter of a clergyman, Emily Bronte was a very private, reclusive person and did not interact with many people outside of her own family. Because of this background, the poet would have a strong sense of faith in God and religion in general. The speaker in the poem, "No Coward Soul Is Mine," relates a strong, unwavering faith and deep religious values to the reader. Written near the end of her life, this poem proclaims a deep love for a God and Saviour, the assurances that this God and the accompanying faith, will not abandon anyone in their final hour. But it also speaks to reader of the perceptions of an abstract life force popular during the Romantic Period, and of a fuller and freer life, which is able to break the bonds of mortal life.
If Bronte wanted to communicate the thoughts and ideas of faith to other people her simple, but pleasant, rhyme scheme and simple, but strong, words were a good choice. The poem is easy to read and understand. The rhyme sequences at the ends of some lines are visual as well as audible. For most of the poem the first and third lines rhyme both visually and audibly: Lines 1 and 3 ending words "mine" and "shine"; Lines 9 and 11 ending words "creeds" and "weeds." Those lines that do not rhyme visually still have the pronounced words/sounds that fulfill the rhyme sequence: Lines 2 and 4 ending words "sphere" and "Fear"; Lines 6 and 8 ending words "Deity" and "Thee." The evenness of the lines also allows this poem to be read easily – iambic trimeter lines in the first and third lines, and iambic pentameter lines in the second and fourth lines. Bronte chose to describe this poem’s God with strong words and phrases – "Almighty ever-present Deity," "undying Life," and "steadfast rock of Immortality." While the more traditional religious meaning of "everlasting life", or life after death, could be read into the phrase "undying Life", it could also be interpreted to take into consideration the prevalent Romantic idea of a abstract, never ending life force flowing through the universe. The entire fifth stanza, which deals with His "wide-embracing love", includes phrases such as: "eternal years", "pervades", "sustains", and "creates." These words give the reader the sense that this love, or pervasive life force idea, will endure for all eternity, will reach out to everyone on earth, and will nourish and be present for years to come............................................
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