The Brain – is wider than the Sky –
For – put them side by side –
The one the other will contain
With ease – and You – beside –
Dickinson suggests that the human mind is more capacious than the world it observes because it can perceive, and thereby “contain,” both an interior and exterior reality. She rejoices in creative possibility and freedom, not only for humans in general but for herself as a poet.
The Brain – is wider than the Sky –