We Grow Accustomed To The Light Analysis

Motivation Is In the Light
Have you ever stumbled into a rough situation where you needed motivation and guidance to help you feel better? Emily Dickinson wrote two poems that showed the steps she took to get out of the darkness andto get into the light. Just like everyone, she was going through a low point during her life and eventually found the way to get better. Through all of the hardships that we go through, there is always a light of motivation that will help you through it all. You may fail to find it at first, but, it is always available somewhere. In the poem, “We grow accustomed to the Dark”, the speaker is feeling depressed and tries searching for the right path that will make them happier. In other words, the speaker is heading towards the light that will help them persevere. The speaker states, “And sometimes hit a Tree Directly in the forehead- But as they learn to see.” “. This shows that the speaker was on the lookout for positivity, but, something worse happened while trying to find it. The reason the speaker “hit a tree” was because they were in the “dark” trying to find the light. The tree represents a situation that made their depression worse. According to …show more content…
They both include different stories that are hiding the real meaning of a specific metaphor. In “We grow accustomed to the Dark,” the first steps that the speaker takes to find the light is expressed, while the light actually represents motivation. In this poem, the speaker was in the dark, meaning they were depressed. After a few things got in their way, the speaker went around them and kept on searching. On the other hand, in the poem “Before I got my eye put out,” the speaker eventually reached the light and overcame the depression. Both poems seemed to be put together like a sequence. In the first poem, the speaker was depressed and in the second, she overcame