I found the first poem relevant, “I dwell in Possibility” it reminded me about the tranquility Jean Eyre face in Thornfield. This poem can be seen as about Dickinson’s personal life. For most of her life, she was as a shut-in. the poem is about possibility of visitors, more windows, more doors. In this poem, Emily contrast her rich dream life with a very dull quality of her real life. I think in this poem she is describing “Doors” in the house provide security from the outside world, they provide privacy. Have you ever felt like you live your life in a cage, every day you wake up, go to school, go to work and then you repeat the same thing over and over again?

Throughout the book Jane Eyre was maltreated, lock in a room by itself, tormented. She is punished by being locked in the red room. At the tender age of ten, Jane rises up against this treatment and tell them exactly what she thinks of them. After reading the poem by Emily, I leaned that for the most of her life she has this very moment of self-empowering speech. The live of Dickinson and Jane are typically similar. “I dwell in Possibility” is a poem that shows us how any life cage can be broken.  

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