Dickinson, however, wrote for herself, and only planned to publish little of her writings. Dickinson was formally educated beyond the level many male of female Americans achieved in the 1800s (Norton 2488). This placed Emily intellectually above much of her male counterparts. She also differed from them in style, using different meter and rhyme while adding unique style of punctuation. .
Dickinson's powerful emotions can be perceived in poem 441, where she speaks of her own writings within her poetry. .
"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- .
(Dickinson 2503, ln 1-8).
Dickinson's letter is to the world, which ignores her, tells of Nature's message about her works, and asks the world to judge them kindly. However, since this most likely was not actually written for people to read, it is Emily's own acceptance of her work, written only for herself. This emotional plea with herself helps the readers see her dedication and passion for her writing. This letter can also be seen as Dickinson's acceptance of rejection, when a few of her poems were submitted for publishing, and denied. She was confident enough to know that her poetry was incredible, and that men involved in publishing were too closed minded to allow her work to be printed. Dickinson is creatively able to place two different meanings into one poem, depending on how the reader choices to perceive it. By intertwining the idea of nature into her poem, while refereeing to it as something else, her abstract meanings can be taken at different levels.
Bradstreet's poems "The Author to Her Book- (p270) and "The Prologue- (p 247-8) express her use of emotions within her work, while still applying them to plausible arguments. These poems also express her status of being a woman in a man's world.
