Show how Emily Brönte treats the
theme of immortality in her poem ‘No Coward Soul is Mine’.
Answer: Emily Bronte's "No Coward Soul Is Mine" was written in order to reach out and touch faith so to speak. Death, faith, and passion were things that did not run scarce in Emily Bronte's life and with that "No Coward Soul Is Mine" was inspired and written. Writing to cope with the pain of growing up, neglected and uneducated Bronte reaches out to God to fill her wounds and give her a life after life. Within "No Coward Soul Is Mine", Bronte whole heartedly reveals her views on God through the poem's theme, provides descriptions of her interpretation of God himself as a character, allows the reader to illustrate what she sees through nature, and also pulls the readers' attention with her use of passionate and powerful words while setting the tone of the poem.
In "No Coward Soul Is Mine", the main purpose for Bronte's use of first person is to express her thoughts, beliefs, and views on God and how other things relate back to him like faith and death (Fernández). Emily's beliefs are that God is everywhere and is the source of everything. She wants to show the world that God is her life and reason to live and does so in her own way. Her thoughts are brilliantly used in the form of nature, providing unique descriptions of nature to depict what God is like. Bronte's beliefs are shared and expressed through her metaphoric use of faith throughout the poem, whether it is the breath she breathes, or her never ending love and adoration for God. Her view on God is moving and full of enthusiasm keeping the reader listening and wanting more of Bronte's thoughts.
