I dwell in Possibility Themes
Art and Culture
"I dwell in Possibility—" can be read as a valentine to poetry itself. To the speaker, poetry isn't just a passel of pretty words: it's a way for us lowly human beings to reach out and touch the...
Awe and Amazement
Emily grew up in a Bible thumping family, so it's no shocker that many of her poems are loaded with religious themes. And those religious themes are almost always a source of awe and amazement for...
Man and the Natural World
Emily Dickinson's poetry is chock full of nature imagery, and this one is no different. Here, she uses images from the natural world to represent openness and possibility. She shows nature as somet...