Hundreds+have+lost+indeed—+But+tens+have+won+an+all—

When Emily Dickinson wrote this line, I believe she had many points to convey. The last line of this poem is "raffle for my soul!". From what I've studied from this poet over the years, whenever there is a form of punctuation other than a comma, the line proceeding it has great importance. In this instance; the last line. I believe that this whole idea of a raffle, (implied many times throughout the poem), is a metaphor for human's struggle, and quest for happiness. (Soul being the idea of us being content with our lives when we die.) Also, when she says "hundreds" in this line, I think she scaled the population of the world down. (Probably because saying: "hundreds" has always been more poetic than the 1.3 billion-something people in the world back then, but I digress.) The main point this part is trying to illustrate is: most people will never find bliss in their mortal life, but a few (approximately 1/10th) people might come close to winning this "lottery" for joy.