Emily Brontë (1818-1849) was one of the three famed Brontë sisters. Her probably most famous work is the novel Wuthering Heights, written in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë also wrote numerous poems, but none of her works received public appreciation until after her death. "The Prisoner" was originally intended to be included in the Gondal saga, a series of stories about an imaginary kingdom that Emily and her sister Anne wrote together. Content: The text of the poem, an interpretation of the poem.

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Serie / Reihe: English Literature - analysed easily: Poem