The poem
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 contantly? 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.
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the poem expresses the difference between love and friendship very clearly and simply.a lot of people are confused between the two.these days everyone has lost the feeling for true friendship or is it because they have no time ?everyone is after the short lived love.poems like this should be exposed more to society.
love and friendship reflects the humanistic relationship and fellowship principle of thought and attributes. emily bronte goes deep into the psychology of mankind in a realistic pattern governed by the universalistic motif of life.