“I dwell in Possibility” by Emily Dickinson is a poem about all the opportunity poetry obtains. Throughout this poem, Dickinson elaborately compares poetry to an elegant house. It is noted that Dickinson is comparing the house to poetry in the second line where she stated “A fairer House than Prose” in which prose means the opposite of poetry. She states that she dwells in possibility meaning that she lives in all the possibility poetry has. The house has many windows which symbolizes the many visions and viewpoints that poems may acquire. She then goes off and talks about all the rooms the house has which shows the endless options and freedom there is. The house cannot be seen by eye, which helps support the idea of poetry being represented …show more content…
In the first stanza the buzz of the fly is brought up but prior to its intrusion the room was filled with silence. At the end of the stanza it states “ Between the Heavens and storm-” which suggests that the person is dying and will soon be on their way to heaven. The second stanza suggest that there were others around the dying person. Dickinson states “ the eyes around - had wrung them dry-” which means the others had cried to a point they could no longer shed tears. Next the poem goes on about people gathering for the last day the person would be seen in a room. This may be referring to a hospital bed or funeral. In the third stanza “I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away” suggests the person is writing out their will. The unknown person is deciding what to put in their will making their life seem like it could be signed away. During this time a fly interrupts them. In the last stanza the person is dying and the last thing they heard was the fly’s buzz. The person was the stuck between the fly’s buzz and the light to the afterlight.Until finally the last line “ I could not see to see-” this is the very last moment in this person's life as the light faded away. The poem is about a person whose last memory before death took a toll is a fly …show more content…
At the beginning of the poem a “ narrow fellow” is roaming in the grass. Then a boy spots the snake and snake spots him at the same time. The snake then moves closer to the boy’s feet and its home in seen in the hidden in the grass. A snake likes cool wet land but it seems to not mind the area by the boy’s barefeet. The boy passed the area multiple times but this is his first encounter with the snake. While watching the snake it moves on and leaves the boys view. The boy thinks about all of the people who know about nature and connects with them. He knows he’s one of the first to meet this snake without being too afraid. The last line is where the idea of the fellow being a snake is supported as it says “And zero at the bone” meaning the fellow had no bones. The poem is about someone’s encounter with a snake. The encounter helped the boy connect with