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a) Gwyneth Lewis’ reading of “I’m Nobody, Who Are You?” is passionate, somewhat sultry sounding, and intense.
b) The reading provides new insight into the poem because it is read with an intensity and her pauses are perfect to helping understand the sentences and ideas of the poem.

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a) Lewis means that Dickinson writes about her life as a woman who is supposed to be a domestic servant to the house (because all women were meant to do this).
b) I agree with this because it would be crazy if a poet never wrote about their life and their job or position in society.

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a) Lewis’s experience with Dickinson’s poetry contributes an enormous amount of information and insight to the broadcast and helps to establish a good amount of ethos for the broadcast.
b) Lewis’s contribution to the broadcast definitely changes my perception of Dickinson mainly because of how passionate Lewis sounds. Her passion makes me want to read Dickinson with a closer, more discerning eye so that I can see and appreciate what Lewis sees and appreciates so much.

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I think American life in the nineteenth century enables her to live an undistracted life because there weren’t many things to distract someone at the time. She was well-off financially too so that definitely helped relieve some day to day distractions or necessary time-intensive chore work that left her with more time in the day to write. She was also a recluse so musical shows wouldn’t distract her either.

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These two women both embrace individuality because they strive to be their own being, they do what they love regardless of others opinions or societies expectations. I think some factors that shaped these poets’ worldview include gender roles, societal expectations, and religion.