I Dwell in Possibility

I Dwell in Possibility - meaning Summary

Possibility as Poetic Home

The poem presents poetry ("Possibility") as a richer, more generous dwelling than prose. Dickinson envisions a house with abundant windows and doors, vast cedar-like rooms, and a sky for a roof, suggesting openness, expansiveness, and spiritual elevation. The house receives welcome visitors and enables an active human response—the spreading of "narrow Hands"—that gathers paradise. In plain terms, the poem argues that poetic imagination offers greater freedom, hospitality, and the capacity for transcendence than ordinary prose or practical language.