2. “Publication---is the Auction/Of the Mind of Man”
Didn’t write for money, fame, or publication
Only published 7 of nearly 1800 poems while she was alive
All anonymously and some against her wishes
Most works published posthumously
T.W. Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd

3. Wrote “letters” to the world that described love, celebrated nature, and personified death
Did this insightfully despite being “closed off” from the world for the last 10 years of her life

4. How did she accomplish such insight?
Perspective
Lived “outside” of her life like an observer

5. Her Poetry Traditional and unusual
Subjects are mostly the connection between the happenings of everyday life and the world of the spirit (similar to works of older New England writers)
Rhythms based upon the rhythms of church hymns
Concise, informal, often abrupt
Common theme if faith, believing in something/someone you cannot see

6. “This is My Letter to the World”
Letter of introduction to her unknown readers
Purpose---to relay the news that “Nature told”
Request---to “judge” her “tenderly”