The final lines of this poem, “The spreading wide my narrow Hands To gather Paradise” shows that such small hands can acquire so much, especially through poetry. Since Emily Dickinson’s poetry was never published by her, there’s no explanation to what her poems mean. However, it is contradictory on weather this poem is relating to gender controversy or not. During this time, women were not granted the same freedom as the men were, and Emily Dickinson’s poetry reflected such a longing to become free and to have many possibilities. It is certain though that this poem is about how poetry provides her the freedom to see beyond the obvious things in life and rather deeper, like chambers as the Cedars as she describes in her poem.
This poem ties in closely with “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” because they are both about being secretive and alone, but in a good way. In Emily Dickinson’s Poetry, Robert Weisbuch explains that Emily Dickinson lived in an intellectual Paradise that allowed her to use poetry to navigate her mind into uncharted and forbidden places through various meanings and uses of words. I agree with this statement and I believe that Emily Dickinson uses words to their full potential. In “I dwell in Possibility”, Dickinson uses words like “impregnable” and “chambers” and “everlasting” which give idea that it would be a hollow, perhaps a rather mysterious place that’s described. Yet the house that is portrayed in this poem is a full of windows with a roof that never ends and superior doors, which give you a sense of safety and freedom.