Analysis of The Soul Selects Her Own Society
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
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 --
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX DDDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 0101010100 1101 10010100 1011 0111010010 1011 011100110 0101 110111010 11 110110010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 335 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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