"'Hope' is the thing with feathers / That perches in the ___": Emily Dickinson (4)

I believe the answer is:

soul

(Other definitions for soul that I've seen before include "Spiritual part of a being" , "Spirit, inner self" , "Deep feeling - music genre" , "Music genre; human spirit" , "1 down" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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