Bradstreet's "An Author to Her Book"

It is hard to sympathize with someone when you have no idea where they are coming from or what they are going through. It is similar experiences that allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding for another human being’s situations and trials of life. Anne Bradstreet’s “The Author to Her Book” expresses the emotions that Bradstreet felt when her most intimate thoughts were published to the world without her consent. The …

…By comparing her work to a child that was taken a way for her, people are more likely to sympathize with her and understand how special this work was to her. The intense emotion in this poem shows how seriously she took her writing and how much it meant to her. It is because of this strong devotion and commitment to her writing that her poetry is considered so superb and is still reverenced today.