What is the chief effect of this final stanza from "The Soul Selects her own Society"?
"I've known her--from an ample nation--
Choose One--
Then--close the Valves of her attention--
Like Stone--"
A. It creates a harmony that stresses how well the speaker knows the soul.
B. It creates a disharmony that suggests strife in the ample nation.
C. It creates a disharmony that echoes the unsociable actions of the soul.
D. It captures the sound of the running water that the valves imply.
Answer (3)
It creates a disharmony that suggests strife in the ample nation. is the chief effect of this final stanza from "The Soul Selects her own Socieity
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The answer is B) it creates a disharmony that suggests strife in the ample nation.
The final stanza of Dickinson's poem illustrates the soul's selective companionship and its resultant isolation from others. It emphasizes the soul's choice from a vast selection and its decision to shut out all distractions, highlighting a disharming solitude. The chosen answer is C: It creates a disharmony that echoes the unsociable actions of the soul.
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