Read the poem.


I Dwell In Possibility


by Emily Dickinson


I dwell in Possibility –

A fairer House than Prose –

More numerous of Windows –

Superior – for Doors –


Of Chambers as the Cedars –

Impregnable of eye –

And for an everlasting Roof

The Gambrels of the Sky –


Of Visitors – the fairest –

For Occupation – This –

The spreading wide my narrow Hands

To gather Paradise –


Question 1

Part A


What is a key theme of "I Dwell in Possibility"?



Pent-up feelings can be deadly to the soul.


People can handle isolation only in small doses.


Imagination is a powerful force of creativity.


Just a small amount of interaction can sustain life.

Question 2

Part B


How does Emily Dickinson develop the theme indicated in Part A?



Dickinson views her hands as narrow and weak.


Dickinson compares the "roof" of poetry to the limitless sky.


She compares prose to a house with many windows and doors.


She only occasionally visits the "house" of poetry.

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