Who Court Obtain Within Himself
poem 803
Who Court Obtain Within Himself - meaning Summary
Inner Sovereignty Over Status
Dickinson argues that true authority is inward: a person who establishes an internal "court" regards others as sovereign and experiences any lack of power as interior, not social. External titles matter little because fate or inner constitution determines who rules. Moreover, self-sabotage prevents elevation; no outside crown can help someone who continually conspires against himself. The poem links self-possession, destiny, and personal responsibility.
Read Complete AnalysesWho Court obtain within Himself Sees every Man a King And Poverty of Monarchy Is an interior thing No Man depose Whom Fate Ordain And Who can add a Crown To Him who doth continual Conspire against His Own
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