Summary Of The Poem Before I Got My Eye Put Out

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Emily Dickinson, who had written many poems in her days. She is one of the authors who understand the definition of darkness. Her poems are mainly about the corner of darkness and how people should get used to the darkness over time. People who had eyesight took advantage of the gift of vision while others are incapable to even encounter it. There are many actions that people who had eyesight didn’t know what life's really current. Her poems can make you misinterpret the true meaning. Her poems are not about how tender when her eyes are put out, it is about how she experiences the things she can't even see anymore. When she is no longer with the gift of eyesight. To analysis, the poem “Before I got my eye put out” is about the theory and understanding of nature and life. The first stanza, she talks about in the poem about how “I liked as well to see”. She wanted a clearer vision of what she sees before. She couldn’t see, but having to use her feelings can really notice the truth. Everything is seen imaginary to her like “As other creatures, that have eyes”. She uses them as creatures because she is different from anyone else. The second stanza, they can see the infinite sky and …show more content…
Then, explaining all the things that she can see or do but she can’t. She thinks it was for the best because even if she wishes for her sight back it won’t do any good. On the last stanza, she was much safer being blind then being able to see. The second poem “We grow accustomed to the Dark”, my attitude toward to this poem is lonely and gloomy because it shows that Dickinson was alone and depress. For the first time, she couldn't see anymore and she didn’t have anyone to related too. She felt as she was different from others. She wanted to see again because she doesn't want to be all by

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