The Soul
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Then,shuts the Door;3
On her divine Majority; 4
Present5 no more;
Unmoved,6, she notesthe Chariot's,7 pausing;
At herlow Gate;8;
Unmoved, an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat; 9
I've known her, from an ample nation; 10
Choose One; 11
Then, close theValves of her attention; 12
Like Stone; 13
- Soul:
- A person's true self; Who a person is when no one is looking.
- Selects her own society:
- Shuts every body else out of her life could be autobiographical.
- Shuts the door:
- Also signifying shutting others out of her life possibly autobiographical.
- Her divine majority:
- Could be shutting out the people she loves or possibly closing the door behind them.
- Present:
- To possibly impose your thoughts on to someone else, or to be seen no more.
- Unmoved:
- Not showing any emotion or thought on the outside
- The chariot's:
- Signifies that the speaker shows no emotion even at the sight of chariots.
- Low gate:
- Her door being shut to all except possibly for the select few she has chosen.
- Emperor be kneeling Upon her mat:
- Once again signifies her unwillingness to show emotion even to the sight of an emperor kneeling to her.
- Ample nation:
- The various friends and groups the speaker used to associate with.
- Choose one:
- Showing that the speaker was not always shutting people out of her life.
- Valves of her attention:
- The speaker is once again shutting people out showing no emotion or any signs that she knows they exist.
- Like stone:
- The speaker's emotion have been completely shut off; not able to be budged by anything.