An interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s — I dwell in Possibility

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 –

Emily Dickinson’s home on North Pleasant street from the ages of nine to twenty-four

The usual interpretation is that the poet is dwelling in Possibility. Notice the capital P. Emphasizing on words by writing them in capitals in the middle of the poem or prose was a 1800’s technique scarcely used in Dickinson’s times. The poet dwells in the possible and imagines a house, a just house or a superior house with a lot of windows which stand for multiple perspectives both inside and outside and the house has superior doors which can stand for the reluctance on the part of the poet to let people in.

The chambers refer to the rooms of this fairer house specifically to the bedrooms. The rooms are huge and tall since they are…