Read the poem. Part A
This Is My Letter to the World
by Emily Dickinson
What is a central idea of "This Is My Letter to the
World"?
O A writer's greatest desire is acceptance.
This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me-
The simple News that Nature told-
With tender Majesty
O Nature is both complex and forceful.
The natural and spiritual worlds are
interconnected.
Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see-
For love of Her-Sweet-countrymen-
Judge tenderly-of Me
O Writing is a lonely profession.
Part B
Which detail from the poem best develops the
central idea in Part A?
"The simple News that Nature told-/
With tender Majesty"
"This is my letter to the World / That
never wrote to Me
"Her Message is committed / To Hands
I cannot see-"
"For love of Her-Sweet-countrymen
- / Judge tenderly-of Me