The Soul selects her own Society —
Then — shuts the Door —
To her divine Majority —
Present no more —
Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing —
At her low Gate —
Unmoved — an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat —
I've known her — from an ample nation —
Choose One —
Then — close the Valves of her attention —
Like Stone —
C. 1862
The  simile  helps to emphasize and dramatize the ending.  Dickinson leaves the poem without a full stop and with an incomplete line, leaving us to assume this is not  fully concluded.  The reader might wonder if the poet is hesitating about becoming a recluse, And yet this isn’t likely, as implied by the unfeeling, abrupt nature of the “Stone” referred to at the end.
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