Brontë starts the poem with a simile, comparing love to ‘the wild rose-briar’. She goes on to show how the rose changes through the seasons, implying that love will also fade. Friendship ...

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 constantly? The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring ...

Ponden Hall has traditionally been identified with the Lintons' home Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights A house thought to be the inspiration for Emily Bronte when writing 19th century ...