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

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This poem illustrates traits of aspiration. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson has a darker tone. She discloses that people adjust to the dark. Literally, our eyes adjust to different shades of light, but also figuratively. What she proposes in lines 7-8, where she says “Then - fit our Vision to the Dark / And meet the Road- erect” (7-8), is that the darkness is the unknown and the road is our future. We must adjust to the darkness to finally see what lies before us. She further demonstrates this in lines 13-14 which states “The Bravest- grope a little And sometimes hit a Tree” (13-14). This line is a very important line. It interprets that the bravest people deal with the unknown and are not afraid of the mistakes they make in the future. Emily Dickinson used the metaphor of people walking around in the dark, searching for what lies before them, but only the brave ones are able to move forward without fear holding them back. Finally, She ends the poem with hope. A person who was brave enough have adjusted to the dark and now can see what lies before them. This associates with how humans finally learn from mistakes and have the ability to see what aspirations they might have for the