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In the poem below by Emily Dickinson, what effect does the use of two metaphors to describe the soul have on the reader? Select all that apply.

The soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend, -
Or the most agonizing spy
An enemy could send.

Secure against its own,
No treason it can fear;
Itself its sovereign, of itself
The soul should stand in awe.
Dickinson, Emily. "The soul unto itself." Poems by Emily Dickinson, edited by Mable Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson. Amherst, 1891.

- It forces the reader to consider how one human soul can change throughout life.

- It forces the reader to stand in awe of the human soul.

- It forces the reader to consider the possible differences among human souls.

-It forces the reader to fear for the human soul.

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it forces the reader to consider how one human soul can change throughout life.

it forces the reader to consider the possible differences among human souls.

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