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

Read 'One need not be a Chamber -- to be Haunted --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

One need not be a Chamber -- to be Haunted -- by Emily Dickinson

 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 --

Form: Lyric

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