The Soul selects her own Society - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - The Soul selects her own Society

The Soul selects her own Society --
Then -- shuts the Door --
To her divine Majority --
Present no more --

Unmoved -- she notes the Chariots -- pausing --
At her low Gate --
Unmoved -- an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat --

I've known her -- from an ample nation --
Choose One --
Then -- close the Valves of her attention --
Like Stone --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 303. The Soul selects her own Society Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jul 2 2008 Comment 24 of 24, added on May 29th, 2008 at 11:03 AM. I like this poem its kind of diffucult too understand. An thats what i like about it, And some of you other comment posters are conceited an dumb, sorry but you sound like idiots. kristen from United States Comment 23 of 24, added on June 14th, 2007 at 12:16 AM. In my opinion some of you guys are really bad at interpreting. This is poem is not even about love! It is about religion, faith, and transcendenality...whatever i dont know what the word is. Think about her father and how religious he was and how he forced her to be religious. iknoweverything Comment 22 of 24, added on April 23rd, 2007 at 12:55 PM. this poem is very complicated. very very very very very very very very very VERY hard to understand but i still got it nathaniel smith from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Soul selects her own Society, has received 24 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 303. The Soul selects her own Society Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 19 2008, 9:18PM Poem of the Day: Jul 2 2008 Viewed 21746 times. Added on April 23rd, 2007 at 12:55 PM.

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