This is My Letter to the World by Emily Dickinson: An Analysis
Text: 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
An Analysis of the Poem:
This is my letter to the World is a
beautiful poem by Emily Dickinson. It has attracted considerable critical
attention. It is a short lyric but it is lovely enough. It was published in
1890 and since then it has been attracting the attention of countless readers
of this entire world.
This is my letter to the World has
been divided into two stanzas. Each stanza has six lines. The first stanza of
the poem deals with the frustration of the poet and the last one deals with
poet’s hope.
In the beginning part of the poem the
poet regards herself as the messenger of Mother Nature. She considers her
poetry as the record of that message. The entire world appears as her audience.
She regularly records the message of nature sincerely and faithfully. She tries
her best to convey it to the wide world through her poetry. But alas! The world
does never write to her. In other words, the wide world fails to appreciate
her. This world fails to understand her poetry. That is why she never receives
letters of appreciation. She does never find praise and encouragement from it.
Such is the fate of those who write under direct inspiration. Such is the fate
of those who act as the messengers of nature. In short, the poet is of the view
that those who hold high ideals of art are not appreciated. Consequently they
suffer from frustration.
The second stanza of the composition
deals with the hope of the poet. Here the poet does not appear as frustrated
even by persistent negligence. She hopes that the readers of the future
generation will understand her message. They will surely appreciate her poetry.
She hands over her message those unseen appreciators. She hopes that they would
love nature and that is why they would show greater appreciation for her
poetry. This is the hope that inspires her to do her job sincerely.
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