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"An Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Poem 670 : Emily Dickinson Poem 670 Essays." An Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Poem 670 : Emily Dickinson Poem 670 Essays. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.

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Emily Dickinson 670

The Poem

Literary Devices

Artistic Interpretations

Antithesis

"Most" (line 14) vs "Least" (line 16)

Alliteration

"Midnight Meeting" (line 5)

"Superior spectre" (line 19)

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Uses Ceasura, End-Stop, and Enjambment

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Metaphor

"One need not be a Chamber" (line 1)

"One need not be a House" (line 2)

Personification

"The Body -- borrows a Revolver --

He bolts the Door -- " (line 17-8)

Diction

"Host" (line 8)

Comparison

"The Brain" (line 3) with "Chamber" or "House" (line 1-2)

Interpretations

Dickinson Elements

Capitalization

We came up with two interpretations for this poem.

One need not be a Chamber -- to be Haunted--

One need not be a House --

The Brain has Corridors -- surpassing

Material Place

Far safer, of a Midnight Meeting

External Ghost

Than its interior Confronting --

That Cooler Host

For safer, through an Abbey Gallop,

The Stones a'chase --

Than Unarmed, one's a'self encounter --

In lonesome Place --

Ourself behind ourself, concealed --

Should startle most --

Assassin hid in our Apartment

Be Horror's least.

The Body -- borrows a Revolver --

He bolts the Door --

O'erlooking a superior spectre --

Or More

The words that are capitalized are used to put emphasis on the contrast between what we are afraid of (Ghost, Chambers, Abbey Gallops) and what we should be afraid (Brain, Body, More). It's used to deliver Dickinson's warning message.

Double Dash

1. There is an evil inside you that you may be unaware of but is substantially more frightening than any material or superficial threat. Essentially the inner you is what you should really be afraid of.

Structure

Used to emphasize certain phrases and ideas, and also used to separate thoughts. For example "Far safer, through an Abbey Gallop, The Stones a'chase -- Than Unarmed, one's a self encounter" This dash contributes to the contrast between a literal and physical ghost and a ghost in one's mind, separating the two ideas

Basic

Quatrain with Open Form

Stress & Meter

Iamb and Anapest, making it a mix of Anapestic Meter and Iambic Trimeter (Mostly Iambic).

Rhyme

Uses occasional eye rhyme as well as slant rhyme.

2. There's a part of people that they know of, but choose to keep hidden inside of them. Whether it's a guilty conscious or a part of them they don't like, they put on a facade or front to hide it but it haunts them in their mind. Essentially you are haunted by your past or haunted by the lies you keep.

Tone and Mood

The Speakers tone is foreboding, almost like a warning. The mood is eerie and frightened.

Shifts

There's a shift to more personal experience in the fourth stanza, switch from using "one" to "our"

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