Question

Part A

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


Nature is both complex and forceful.

The natural and spiritual worlds are interconnected.

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?


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

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

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

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

Answer 1

After reading Emily Dickinson's poem "This Is my Letter to the World," we can say the following:

Part A - The central idea of the poem is:

C. Writing is a lonely profession.

Part B - The detail that best develops the central idea in Part A is:

C. "This is my letter to the World / That never wrote to Me-"

What is a central idea?

• We can define central idea as the underlying message of a literary work, that is, the message the author wants to convey to the audience. After reading a poem, for example, we can ask ourselves what that poem was about.

What is the central idea in Dickinson's poem?

• In the poem we are analyzing here, the central idea refers to the loneliness or isolation of the speaker, who we can assume is Dickinson herself.

• The speaker says she is writing a letter to the world, but the world has never written to her. What she means is that, as a writer, she is constantly "talking" to the world, but she does not get a response.

With the information above in mind, we choose options C and C for the central idea and detail about the poem.

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