and ending with a masculine one, the poem traces an arc of yin and yang, grace and power. Turning her back on society, [Emily] Brontë appears to have chosen obscurity and nothingness. Yet this impression is exploded in the final stanza, where her exile turns out to be nothing less than a transfiguration.
from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: A Reading of 'Stanzas' by Emily Brontë
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