“The Soul Selects Her Own Society” by Emily Dickinson

List 3 to 5 adjectives to describe the speaker

1. Uncompromising

2. Indifferent

3. Devoted

Adjectives along with lines where the emotion/mood/attitude is displayed

UncompromisingLine 7

Indifferent Line 2 and Line 11

Devoted Line 3

Draft Summary

Emily's poem 'The soul selects her own Society' describes the way how one builds one's own small world centered on one specific person. Once a person's soul has identified that 'one', even a strong force like emperor cannot move her in pleasing or favoring someone except it.

Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling (line 7) shows that even the strongest force will not let a ...