Here’s a full poem ‘One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted’ by Emily Dickinson. If you’re interested in a full analysis of this poem, check out our links at the bottom of the page!
One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted
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.
.
Far 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 —
Emily Dickinson
A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson – Poem Analysis
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