Mild the Mist upon the hill

Mild the mist upon the hill

Telling not of storms to-morrow;

No, the day has wept its fill,

Spent its store of silent sorrow.

Oh, I’m gone back to the days of youth,

I am a child once more,

And ‘neath my father’s sheltering roof,

And near the hall door

I watch this cloudy evening fall

After a day of rain:

Blue mists, sweet mists of summer pall

The horizon’s mountain-chain

The damp stands in the long, green grass

As thick as morning’s tears;

And dreamy scents of fragrance pass

That breathe of other years.

the sublime- an overwhelming feeling of awe, wonder and fear (often in nature)

Ballad- a popular narrative song. Usually follows a form of rhymed (usually ABAB or ABCB) quarantine alternating 4-stress and 3-stress lines

petrichon - smell of rain on dry earth

William Wordsworth - poetry is a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”

AO1: close connections of people/emotions to nature

AO2: traditional ballad form/pathetic fallacy

AO3: Bronte’s connection with nature/yorkshire moors. Romantic and gothic. Solitary person with hidden emotions. Published under a male pseudonym.