LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Cold and estranged
|
|
|
Warm and welcoming
|
|
|
Joyful and glee
|
|
|
Harmonious and connected
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The speaker says that “the Soul selects her own Society-” and then “shuts the Door, ” refusing to admit anyone else-even if “an Emperor be kneeling / Upon her mat-.” Indeed, the soul often chooses no more than a single person from “an ample nation” and then closes “the Valves of her attention” to the rest of the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Death is Emily Dickinson’s main theme which left its impact on all her thinking and gave its tint to the majority of her poems. For Dickinson, death is the supreme touchstone for life. She lived incessantly in his presence.
Detailed explanation-3: -The central topic of the poem is the inevitability of death and the poet’s calm acceptance of it. Moreover, Dickinson projects her belief in the Christian afterlife and eternity in this poem. She doesn’t fear death.
Detailed explanation-4: -How would you explain the chariots at the gate and the kneeling emperor in lines 5 –8? The chariots bring suitors, or possible friends or lovers. The emperor is another suitor.