Whenever you mention the title of a poem, put quotation marks around the title
- Jane Anderson-
Poems that thematically relate to "Jane Eyre" could include Emily Bronte's poetry, such as "Remembrance" or "Love and Friendship". Other options may include works by Christina Rossetti, particularly "Goblin Market" or "In the Round Tower at Jhansi, June 8, 1857", which explore themes of love, identity, and female empowerment. Another relevant poem could be Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Aurora Leigh", which delves into similar themes of independence, passion, and social expectations.
Bessie's song in chapter 3 is a song which represents Jane's condition. Bessie is asking God to bless the poor orphan child and to help her along the way. She sings this song indirectly, so that Jane won't understand that this song is sung about her. But the reader obviously understand that this song/poem is meant for Jane.
Sandra Cisneros wrote the poem "My Name." It is a part of her book "The House on Mango Street," where she explores identity and the importance of one's name.
The Emily Dickinson poem used in the movie "G.I. Jane" is "Because I could not stop for Death." This poem is recited by the character played by Demi Moore during a particularly intense training exercise.
Venus and Adonis, an erotic poem, which he published in 1593.
The rhyme scheme of Jane Yolen's poem "Earth Day" is AABBCC, where each stanza has rhyming pairs of lines.
Theodore Roethke compares Jane to the birds in Elegy for Jane because Jane is actually a bird. He refers to Jane for most of the poem as "my sparrow."
The poem "Ami" is included in the book "Gitanjali" by Rabindranath Tagore. It is a collection of poems that earned Tagore the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
Mary Jane Carr
From Lord Tennyson's poem "Ulysses".