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English, 08.01.2021 23:30 ijustneedhelploll

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"?

People can handle isolation only in small doses.

Pent-up feelings can be deadly to the soul.

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.

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

She only occasionally visits the "house" of poetry.

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

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