Emily Dickinson

No Prisoner Be

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No Prisoner Be - meaning Summary

Freedom Rejects Captivity

A brief imperative urging freedom over captivity. The speaker commands the reader to admit no prisoner into places where Liberty is present, treating Liberty as a personal companion or guardian. It insists on uncompromised freedom in one’s household or inner life, suggesting that where liberty dwells, confinement has no place. The poem compresses a moral injunction into a compact, almost aphoristic statement about autonomy and welcome.

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No Prisoner be Where Liberty Himself abide with Thee

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