I have read this poem over and over and found such a strong meaning and feeling in it every time. A lot of Emily Dickinson’s poem are in only so many words but say so much.

In the first line, Dickinson states that “The soul selects her own society”. To me this can mean so many things. From this I can interpret that Emily is stating that one can create their own world in so many ways. For example, there are people in our world who are as if they dont even live in this world but in a made up world of their own. Which to me is what she means by the following line when she states “then- shuts the door, to her divine majority”. I feel as though these few lines alone are very strong and meaningful.

At often times, people in general may feel trapped. However, we can choose too shut our doors and become inactive. Is that what we really want to do though? To live in our own worlds. I wonder what it would be like if everyone did that.