Question

Read the passage.

Cold in the earth, and fifteen wild Decembers
From the brown hills have melted into spring—
Faithful indeed is the spirit that remembers
After such years of change and suffering!

What is the meaning of this stanza from “Remembrance” by Emily Brontë?


Fifteen cold years have passed and I still think of my beloved as if he were alive.
I’ll never forget the joys we had, which remind me of spring and the melting snow.
It is a special love that enables me to stay faithful to someone who died fifteen years ago.
It was cold when my beloved died, and it feels colder now when I remember him.

Answer 1

I’ll never forget the joys we had, which remind me of spring and the melting snow.

Answer 2

The answer is: Fifteen cold years have passed and I still think of my beloved as if he were alive.

In this stanza Emily alludes to the pass of time “and fifteen wild Decembers” since her lover died, she shows that many thing has change “From the brown hills have melted into spring” and “After such years of change and suffering!” however she also says that no matter how much time has passed or how many changes there has been she still remember him “Faithful indeed is the spirit that remembers”