Bradstreet's "An Author to Her Book"

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…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.