I could see this poem by Emily Dickinson related to a number of parts in Jane Eyre but the one that stuck out the most to me was at the beginning of chapter 31.  At this part of the book Jane is reflecting on her two options and is fantasizing about the latter one.  In the poem’s first stanza Dickinson talks of a nicer house with more windows and doors.  And there is no doubt that if Jane had gone with Mr.Rochester then their house somewhere in France would be a great deal nicer than the cottage she is describing at beginning of chapter 31.  The third stanza in the poem talks of the finest guests visiting.  The guests Jane and Mr.Rochester would be entertaining in Jane’s fantasy would definitely be fairer than the school kids she is interacting with daily.  Jane has to remind herself that “these peasants are of the same flesh and blood” as her.

-Robert Zink