I Dwell in Possibility Lyrics

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 –

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Genius Annotation

This poem is Emily Dickinson’s method of stating that poetry is superior to prose, as it can access the imagination in ways that prose cannot. However, this means that the barriers of entry into her house are higher than that into a similar conceit in prose. However, it is, perhaps, more fulfilling for reader and poet alike.

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