In “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”, one big idea that stood up to me is how important it is to choose who we let into our lives. The poem shows that the soul picks who she wants to be around and then closes the door on everyone else. This made me think about how we all do this in real life – we decide who gets to be close to us and who keep out. This poem changed how I think about this because it shows that it’s okay to be selective. The soul even ignores an emperor kneeling for her, which made me realize that not every person…