What is your perception of darkness? What causes your mind to be in that state? How do you escape darkness? According to Emily Dickinson, there are two types of viewing darkness, metaphorically and physically. Physically is the state in which it is actually happening while metaphorically is the in which the mindset creates it. Therefore Dickinson explains her perspective of darkness in a metaphorical terminology and language. Dickinson expresses her thoughts and imaginations as she experiences darkness herself. In the first poem, “Before I got my eyes put out,” by Emily Dickinson explains her perspective of vision in her own poetic language. She explains the contrast of how a human perceive the world and how animals see it. In the poem, Dickinson
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Dickinson wrote a poem about her vision connecting to depression and darkness. In the poem, stanza one, she states, “As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp - To witness her Goodbye” (Emily Dickinson, Stanza 1). The quote above explains her relationship to the guide of her life. The neighbor holding the lamp emphasizes someone important who helped her reach her goals. The quote “to witness her Goodbye” explains the death of her friend in a metaphorical meaning. Therefore the poem shows that her friend was the source of her light, and the dimming of the light begins as her friend has disappeared from her life. This shows the hurtful moment in the author’s life as she experiences a passing friend.
Lastly the two poems, “Before I got my eyes put out” and “We grow accustomed to the Dark” explains the perspective of viewpoint of sight. The speaker in “Before I got my eyes put out,” loses her vision and explains the imagery of the world in her words. However the speaker in “We grow accustomed to the Dark,” loses someone important who was the guide of her lights. She experienced depression and anxiety prior to the loss. The speaker in “We grow accustomed to the Dark,” would react similar to the same loss because losing a friend and losing the sense of sight would put anyone to depression and
Dickinson wrote a poem about her vision connecting to depression and darkness. In the poem, stanza one, she states, “As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp - To witness her Goodbye” (Emily Dickinson, Stanza 1). The quote above explains her relationship to the guide of her life. The neighbor holding the lamp emphasizes someone important who helped her reach her goals. The quote “to witness her Goodbye” explains the death of her friend in a metaphorical meaning. Therefore the poem shows that her friend was the source of her light, and the dimming of the light begins as her friend has disappeared from her life. This shows the hurtful moment in the author’s life as she experiences a passing friend.
Lastly the two poems, “Before I got my eyes put out” and “We grow accustomed to the Dark” explains the perspective of viewpoint of sight. The speaker in “Before I got my eyes put out,” loses her vision and explains the imagery of the world in her words. However the speaker in “We grow accustomed to the Dark,” loses someone important who was the guide of her lights. She experienced depression and anxiety prior to the loss. The speaker in “We grow accustomed to the Dark,” would react similar to the same loss because losing a friend and losing the sense of sight would put anyone to depression and