Emily is telling us that although she appears to us to be reclusively alone, in actuality she is visited by hosts, which are angelic beings. Emily is being absolutely literal here as similar messages are in many of her other poems as well.
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Emily is telling us that although she appears to us to be reclusively alone, in actuality she is visited by hosts, which are angelic beings. Emily is being absolutely literal here as similar messages are in many of her other poems as well.