"'Like heath that, in the wilderness, The wild wind whirls away'" (136).
These lines are from a poem called "Fallen is Thy Throne," which was written by Sir Thomas Moore. The poem speaks of how something brilliant was once there, but time changes things and that brilliance is now gone. It is the reality of how something so good goes away in a blink of an eye. This feeling is apparent when Jane and Mr. Rochester first meet on the road and Jane helps him get back on his feet. Charlotte Bronte could be expressing the start of something new. The quote fits the moment in which Bronte places Jane. One moment Mr. Rochester was there in front of Jane, which mystified her, and the next he was on his way and she believed he was gone forever. Little did she know he lived under the same roof that she did at the moment. Bronte could have been trying to express the message that even if something seems to have disappeared from ones life forever, not to worry. Life is an uncertain element and it never ceases amazing people; unexplainable events occur so one should enjoy them.
"Fallen is Thy Throne.." The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore. 26 November 2009.
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watch out for the use of the verb forms of "to do" -- I've noticed it throughout your concordance and they aren't doing any work -- they are just more words -- watch what happens if you take it away
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