"Imps in eager caucus / Raffle for my  soul."

— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)


Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Robert Brothers
Date
1890
Metaphor
"Imps in eager caucus / Raffle for my  soul."
Metaphor in Context
[III. ROUGE ET NOIR.]

 Soul, wilt thou toss again?
By just such a hazard
Hundreds have lost, indeed,
But tens have won an all.

Angels' breathless ballot
Lingers to record thee;
Imps in eager caucus
Raffle for my  soul
.
(p. 15)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Dickinson, Emily. Poems by Emily Dickinson Ed. Mael Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson (Robert Brothers: Boston, 1890). <Link to UVa e-Text Center><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
12/30/2010

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.