We Grow Accustomed To The Dark
How would you feel if you spent your whole life always in the dark and never got a chance to see the true light? Would you appreciate it more? Well, that is exactly how Emily Dickinson lived her life wondering, and dreaming about this “LIGHT” and “DARKNESS”. In her two poems “ Before I got my eye put out” and “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark,” you get a glimpse of exactly how she pictured this “light and “darkness”, it’s not just a physical appearance but metaphorically too. Dickinson seemed to find a way to incorporate her feelings and thoughts into two magnificent poems.
In the poem “Before I got my eye put out,” Dickinson, of course talks about not being able to see, but it’s way deeper than the literal meaning of being blinded. This poem has very manifold meanings, that leaves you wondering about Dickinson's character. For example, in the very first stanza she says “Before I got my eye put out/ I liked as well to see/ As other creatures, that have …show more content…
Then Dickinson proceeds to say that sometimes it takes a little more time to habituate your vision, and you might run into a tree but you will eventually make it to the road. We all know that Dickinson always had a way of using her words, and that this poem is not just about physical darkness. The quote, “Either the Darkness alters – Or something in the sight Adjusts itself to Midnight –And Life steps almost straight.”, explains of course that when in the dark at first you can’t see but when you get use to it…, but we know that metaphorically this darkness could be a problem, a nightmare, a bad day, or even someone you dislike. She uses both throughout the story, and this shows that darkness is more than something that’s
In the poem “Before I got my eye put out,” Dickinson, of course talks about not being able to see, but it’s way deeper than the literal meaning of being blinded. This poem has very manifold meanings, that leaves you wondering about Dickinson's character. For example, in the very first stanza she says “Before I got my eye put out/ I liked as well to see/ As other creatures, that have …show more content…
Then Dickinson proceeds to say that sometimes it takes a little more time to habituate your vision, and you might run into a tree but you will eventually make it to the road. We all know that Dickinson always had a way of using her words, and that this poem is not just about physical darkness. The quote, “Either the Darkness alters – Or something in the sight Adjusts itself to Midnight –And Life steps almost straight.”, explains of course that when in the dark at first you can’t see but when you get use to it…, but we know that metaphorically this darkness could be a problem, a nightmare, a bad day, or even someone you dislike. She uses both throughout the story, and this shows that darkness is more than something that’s