This+is+my+Letter+to+the+World

= ** This is my Letter to the World **  = **This is my letter to the World** **That never wrote to Me -** **The simple News that Nature told -** **With tender Majesty** **Her Message is committed** **To Hands i cannot see -** **For love of Her - Sweet - countrymen -** **Judge tenderly - of Me**  

[] **Explication:**  Personification: "The simple News that Nature told” (3) Slant Rhymes: "For love of Her - Sweet - countrymen" (7)  Figurative Language: "This is my Letter to the World" (1)  Quatrains, Iamic Pentameter, a,b,a,b

”This is My Letter to the World” by Emily Dickinson shows a profound message to all of the readers that is analyzed and has brought upon inspiration even today. Along with most of Emily’s work, this particular poem was utilized to make others think and be curious about the world outside of their bedroom windows. Using various types of imagery including stanza, slant rhyme, and consonance to present her thoughts, she created something that is difficult to describe in a very articulate manor, changing the world of poetry forever.

Emily Dickinson’s poem has a deep message behind what is written in the poem. Emily writes about her work as the letters she presents to the world. But the world never wrote back to her because they never realized how much talent she encompassed during the time that she was alive. She seemed to be able to predict that someday people will be reading her poems and learning about her world views. She wished to pass on the messages and lessons that nature had taught her. She saw the world as a place she wanted to shield herself against and so she never left her house and always kept in isolation to where she never stepped foot past her house/garden. At the same time, she still wanted the world to see her work as something that is influential and can even today change lives. Emily’s passion for nature in line 3, “The simple News that Nature told” represents how nature affected her writing and has shaped her as a person. Nature was important to Emily because it showed a world that did not judge or ask for anything in return. She hoped that it could also affect the people that read her poems and get them to see nature in a different light and feel the beauty she felt when she saw it. She referred to her letter as the ones that are committed to the “hands I cannot see” in line 6. Dickinson hoped that the people who read her poems in the future do not judge her based on what she lived her life as, but instead of how her work was a true piece of art that changed the way literature was perceived.

Emily Dickinson uses unique literary devices to portray her thoughts to all those that read her words. Her poem is split into four lines a stanza which is called quatrains. Quatrains is a form of simple rhythm of the church hymns she knew and loved. Emily also used slant rhymes which are words that do not rhyme exactly and uses dashes to highlight important words, “For love of Her - Sweet - countrymen -” (7). At the end of the lines, Emily uses figurative language, which are words capitalized for emphasis, “This is my letter to the World” (1). An example of personification is “The simple News that Nature told” (3). The theme of the poem is that if people were to judge, they should judge by the truth. In Emily Dickinson’s form of literature, her works shows individuality and how she perceives the world.

All in all, Emily’s poetry was very careful and precise, where she paid very closely to the detail which made her poems beautifully intricate. Her usage of literary devices and deep meaning lead to many wonderful things in the realm of art. She wanted people to enjoy her poetry (as showed in the last two lines of “This is My Letter to the World”) and learn about themselves. Using a wide variety of themes that are relatable to every human made her works excel in a world dominated by men. In the end, the poetry of Emily Dickinson showed depth and meaning, and with hopes of relating to others in her position and to appeal to those in opposing stances.

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