Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox+Background+Information

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American poet and author, most appreciated for the optimism and cheer present in her works. The main purpose for her writing was to comfort those in need. "Often when Wilcox saw someone who was visually upset, she would go and comfort them and end up becoming depressed herself." (Duran 92). She enjoyed to help others in need of emotional assistance. She makes her writing much happier by using rhymes. She wrote to anyone who was upset for whatever reason and her dead husband. After her husband passed away, she became extremely devastated and chose to communicate with him through her writing. Her and her husband were interested in theosophy and spiritualism, and they promised each other that whoever died first would communicate with whoever was still on earth. Her husband passed away and she began to write to him in her poems. She also wanted to help those who were depressed.

Works Cited: Heart of the New Thought - Chicago: The Psychic Research Society, 1902