The Poem “I Dwell in Possibility” written by Emily Dickinson is a poem that I believe speaks out to everyone. It shows us that there is possibility in life, little or big, which you can take a shot at. In this poem, Dickinson emphasizes how poetry is limitless, how it has no boundaries and to the readers and the poet it is home. The second line, “A fairer House than Prose —” describes how there’s a fairer or a house much more superior than the one we’re caged in or imagine. From this poem, I see the idea that Dickinson wants the readers to break through whatever cage they’re in. Allowing the readers to use poetry to give them hope, that there are possibilities outside of their cages. The word dwell connects me to Jane Eyre because It makes me think the poet is also feeling disappointment in the world around her just as Jane is. To dwell in a possibility, one must be in desperate of an escape of some sort. This desperate need of escape is what Jane experienced, her whole life she is told what to do and doesn’t have any sense of direction or a dream that’s called a dream. As Jane may not know herself, but her actions show how she dwells in possibility. Wanting to obtain freedom and better things. One scene that simply emphasizes this could be when she posts an advertisement of herself in the regional newspaper without telling anyone at Lowood. Soon after she receives notice and is satisfied and yearning for a life of excitement ahead of her. Jane is dwelling in possibility, she’s breaking her cage to search for her possibility, freedom that she’s been longing for.

-Shan Shan Chen