Never for Society
poem 746
Never for Society - meaning Summary
Inner Life Over Outward Society
The poem contrasts inward life with public society, arguing that a person who cultivates his inner self will not seek approval or diversion from others. External entertainments and introductions are unnecessary for someone content within; wiser companions may grow weary, but the inner man knows no satiety in his self-knowledge. Dickinson celebrates private communion and self-sufficiency as more sustaining than social performance or popular amusements.
Read Complete AnalysesNever for Society He shall seek in vain Who His own acquaintance Cultivate Of Men Wiser Men may weary But the Man within Never knew Satiety Better entertain Than could Border Ballad Or Biscayan Hymn Neither introduction Need You unto Him
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