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…showed last 75 words of 3183 total…of us have felt. Having one's self exposed to the world for all to view and critique is a situation to which every writer can relate. Bradstreet's poem makes us understand not only her nature but also our own. She uses her poem to interpret her hidden emotions and to give them a voice. By analyzing Bradstreet's poem, we were able to explore the words to see how they move and how they move us.