How is “I dwell in Possibility –” a feminist poem?
In “I dwell in Possibility,” Dickinson turns poetry into an open house, infused with nature. The house, though, the work required to keep it running, is what oppressed Dickinson more than anything else in her life. So by using this metaphor, she has enacted a transformation of the oppressive home, the setting of all appropriate and allowed female labor, into an open, limitless house, thanks to her poetry. Thus, even if society constrains her to her home, they cannot prevent her from freeing herself with poetry. rnum=Math.round(Math.random() * 100000); ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad9283a.cgi/v=2.1S/sz=300x250A/NZ/’+rnum+’/’+nf+’RETURN-CODE/JS/” type=”text/javascript”>’+ts+’/script>’); • Examine how nature and faith are connected in “A Light exists in Spring.” The light described in “A Light exists in Spring” seems to represent some kind of connection to God. Thi
