Charlotte Bronte wrote the poem "On the Death of Anne Bronte" to mourn her sister Anne, who died of tuberculosis at age 29. The poem is structured in 4 stanzas of 4 lines each with an ABAB rhyme scheme. It expresses Charlotte's sadness at losing her beloved sister, from calmly watching Anne's failing breath to knowing she must now face life alone in her grief. The simple language conveys the universal themes of loss and having to go on after losing someone so close.

1. ON THE DEATH OF
ANNE BRONTE
Poem written by Charlotte Bronte
Presentation of Raul Acevedo
Teacher: Carla Chavez Saavedra

2. CHARLOTTE BRONTE
(1816-1855)
 Oldest of three sisters.
 Mother died when she was young.
 Middle sister Emily died in 1848
 Youngest sister died in 1849
 Novelist and Poet
 Writing Style: Gothic
 Notable Works: Jane Eyre, Villette, Selected
Poems of The Brontës, Everyman
Poetry (1997)

3. ANNE BRONTE’S DEATH
 Due to the death of the other Emily Bronte, Anne and Charlotte
sisters were inseparable, especially towards the end of Anne’s life
 In May of 1849, at the young age of twenty-nine, the
aforementioned Anne died of pulmonary tuberculosis, leaving Charlotte
alone, taking care of her old father
 Charlotte dedicated the poem «on The Death of Anne Bronte» to
her beloved sister.

4. ON THE DEATH OF ANNE
BRONTE
THERE 's little joy in life for me,
And little terror in the grave ;
I 've lived the parting hour to see
Of one I would have died to save.
Calmly to watch the failing breath,
Wishing each sigh might be the last ;
Longing to see the shade of death
O'er those belovèd features cast.
The cloud, the stillness that must part
The darling of my life from me ;
And then to thank God from my heart,
To thank Him well and fervently ;
Although I knew that we had lost
The hope and glory of our life ;
And now, benighted, tempest- tossed,
Must bear alone the weary strife.

5. THEME
The loss of someone beloved

6. STRUCTURE
 Body Structure:4 stanzas, 4 verses per stanza
 Rhyme scheme per stanza ABAB, consontant
 Diction: Simple, concrete and denotative language
 Audience: This poem speaks to everyone who has lost someone
they loved especially the people who were there when it happened
 Lyric voice: Charlotte Bronte

7. FIRST STANZA
THERE 's little joy in life for me,
And little terror in the grave ;
I 've lived the parting hour to see
Of one I would have died to save.
 Stanza Theme: The death of someone beloved
 Figure of Speech: Repetition
 Voice Tone: Sadness, Depressive.
 Context and Situation: After the death

8. SECOND STANZA
Calmly to watch the failing breath,
Wishing each sigh might be the last ;
Longing to see the shade of death
O'er those belovèd features cast
 Stanza Theme: Sister-s point of view
 This stanza contextualize and expresses the sisters situation.
 Figures of Speech: Imagery (sight), Personification (death)

9. THIRD STANZA
The cloud, the stillness that must part
The darling of my life from me ;
And then to thank God from my heart,
To thank Him well and fervently ;
 Stanza Theme: Grateful to God
 Figures of Speech: Metaphor
 Tone: Grateful

10. LAST STANZA
Although I knew that we had lost
The hope and glory of our life ;
And now, benighted, tempest- tossed,
Must bear alone the weary strife.
 Stanza Theme: New course of life, bitter future
 Tone: Tragic
 Figure of Speech: Metaphor

11. RHYME
THERE 's little joy in life for me,
And little terror in the grave ;
I 've lived the parting hour to see
Of one I would have died to save.
 ABAB consonant scheme.
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12. DICTION
 Denotative words:
THERE 's little joy in life for me,
 Connotative Words (exceptions)
O'er those belovèd features cast.
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13. CONCLUSION
 A poem that transcends time because, sadly, death and grief do
 Death is an unfair blessing that leaves us with too many questions.
It takes a second to occur and a lifetime for survivors to fully
overcome.