When analyzing these poems and comparing them to Jane Eyre, I found that they all carry a very similar tone. Each one seems to confront a feeling of longing to escape and the want to experience something different and new. Yet, this isn’t the longing to travel or explore in a positive or exciting way, instead it is very melancholy and you can almost feel the restraint they are experiencing from society and the world they know. All they know and can identify with is hope, and the possibility life may bring them something great and new. Although in Jane’s case, it never seems to work out in her favor.

Dickinson’s “I dwell in Possibility” immediately resonated with the incessant desire Jane has throughout the text of wanting to experience the world in a way that constantly feels out of reach. In chapter 4 while still at Gateshead, she saw visitors come and go, yet none interested her, instead she found solace in the spectacles of wildlife. If Jane were to read this poem it would elucidate the relentless feelings of longing for knowledge and experience outside of her familiar realm. She wants to know more of the world, to grasp and understand more than her own reality, but is constantly bound by the limits society puts on her because of her circumstances. This behavior is repetitive and while it is all so close to observe, it’s also impossible for her to ever fully have. Even when she finally has a decent job, and a man who claims to love her, it all so quickly is taken away and ruined.