Is it enough to love a person in soul and spirit? Or does love have to be portrayed physically? Emily Bronte gives us an absolute answer to this question through her extremely emotional, sentimentally-expressive poem "Cold in The Earth." Through this classic piece of writing, Bronte delivers an image which spells out that love is abstract. Felt, yet not seen. Experienced, yet not touched. Shared, and never forgotten. She executes these images via diction, symbolism, syntax, first person view, as well as repetitions and other language and sound features.

Emily Bronte uses diction for 2 distinct purposes - to illustrate an image of death, and another of coldness, loneliness and emptiness. By combining these 2 pictures, Bronte sends forth a more severe atmosphere; with more emotion - more realistic. "Cold", "snow", "alone", "tears", "dreary" and "yearning" all produce a picture of an abandoned, forlorn person. The poet used these words...