Read the poem. This Is My Letter to the World
by Emily Dickinson

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

Part A

What is a central idea of "This Is My Letter to the World"?

The natural and spiritual worlds are interconnected.

Nature is both complex and forceful.

Writing is a lonely profession.

A writer’s greatest desire is acceptance.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the poem best develops the central idea in Part A?

“This is my letter to the World / That never wrote to Me—"

“Her Message is committed / To Hands I cannot see—”

“The simple News that Nature told— / With tender Majesty”

“For love of Her—Sweet—countrymen— / Judge tenderly—of Me”

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