Death will free her from "earthly cares" and "distress". Brontë gives the impression of indifference to death. The poem begins prominently with "I die", immediately setting the tone for the poem which describes Brontë's feelings concerning death. The poem is structured in four stanzas of four lines each: The family lived in a parsonage opposite the church graveyard and was plagued with poor health and loss of life inevitably death appears frequently in the writings of each.
The Brontës subverted these stereotypes, choosing to write on topics such as death and love. Any poetry written by females was expected to address issues of religion, motherhood and wifehood on an instructive and educative level.
It was widely accepted that females would hold self-effacing roles as housewives, mothers, governesses or seamstresses. The gender prejudice of the nineteenth century left little choice for young women like Brontë who were seeking employment, occupation or education. Throughout their lives, the Brontë children struggled with leaving their own home in Haworth to which they felt so closely attached. "Lines" is representative of much of her poetry, which broke Victorian gender stereotypes by adopting the Gothic tradition and genre of Romanticism, allowing her to express and examine her emotions. As the daughter of a parson, Brontë received a rigorously religious education, which is evident in much of her work. At that time, she had already lived through the death of her mother and two of her sisters. It is understood that the poem was written in the Haworth parsonage, two years after Brontë had left Roe Head, where she was unable to settle as a pupil. " Lines" is a poem written by English writer Emily Brontë in December 1837.
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