Overview

The Letter’ by Emily Dickinson depicts the surge of emotions in the speaker’s heart while she writes a letter to her lover. In the poem, the poetic persona starts to talk with the letter which she has finished a while ago. She treats the letter not as an object. It seems to be one of her companions. The speaker feels happy as the letter is going to meet her beloved. The speaker urges the letter to tell her lover how she struggled with words while writing the letter. She wants to share her feelings to the person for whom the letter is written. If there are any mistakes from her side, she wishes the letter must defend her.