'We Grow Accustomed To The Dark And Before I Got My Eye Put Out'

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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. This is a quote made by Helen Keller. The two poems, “ We grow accustomed to the Dark” and “Before I got my eye put out”, are both poems that relate back to sight. But Emily Dickinson had two different perspectives in each poem. She has two contrasting attitudes about each poem. In, “We grow accustomed to the Dark”, Dickinson’s attitude is more positive, but in, “Before I got my eye put out”, her attitude is more negative.
Dickinson’s attitude towards sight in, “We grow accustomed to the Dark” seems positive to me. Even though the title gives the impression of a dark, gloomy poem ,the content shows something completely different. “We grow accustomed to the Dark” talks about going from being in complete lightness to total darkness. When we are placed in an uncomfortable situation, it is natural for us as humans to adjust ourselves. Dickinson uses these lines in stanza one, “‘ We grow accustomed to the Dark - When Light is put away-”. Dickinson’s attitude is hopeful and uplifting. …show more content…

Unlike, “ We grow accustomed to the Dark”, this poem’s title actually gives the idea of negative emotions. “Before I got my eye put out” talks about someone actually losing their vision. The person in the poem realizes that they appreciate the things they once saw more now that they cannot see them anymore. Dickinson says, “‘Before I got my eye put out I liked as well to see - As other Creatures, that have Eyes And know no other way -”. This poem explains sight in a more literal way. Dickinson’s attitude is depressing. It makes you feel sorry for the character because they tell you about all the things that they cannot see anymore. It makes you think about how hard it must be to live like that. The character now stays inside sitting by their window watching the others because they can not go out

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