Emily Dickinson's 'We Grow Accustomed To The Dark'

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Acceptance Will Guide You Acceptance is the epitome of guidance. Greater things in life will come to you if you learn to accept yourself for who you are. If you lose acceptance in a characteristic of yourself it could lead to displeasure and/or depression. The poems written by Emily Dickinson are about the loss of her eyesight in her later life. Though Emily hadn’t seem to let it affect her, instead she accepted that factor and continued writing. As we age, we become more aware of the characteristics we possess. Sometimes these qualities are not loved by others or even ourselves. Though that is what keeps us in the dark about our strengths and weaknesses. Due to the non acceptance of ourselves we are never able to enter the light of what we are truly capable of. When we finally come to the conclusion with our capabilities, we enter that light and are able to achieve great things. All in all, the feeling of accepting yourself and who you are is the greatest of all. It will steer …show more content…

If you can credit what makes you-you, then as you live life you’ll be much happier and determined to do your best in life. In Emily Dickinson’s poem We Grow Accustomed To The Dark, she writes,”A Moment - We uncertain step For newness of the night -Then - fit our Vision to the Dark -And meet the Road - erect”. This is an example of seeing the truth of who you really are and you are ready to take life head on. In her second poem Before I Got My Eye Put Out, she wrote, “So safer – guess – with just my soul Upon the window pane Where other creatures put their eyes – Incautious – of the Sun”. This quote displays the same as the first, as long as you know who you are and what you stand for then there is no need to worry about what others think of you. You’ll have that certainty of your identity in your heart. These two poems value the idea of

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