We Grow Accustomed to the Dark

Life is full of uncertainty; that’s one thing of which we can be certain. Throughout the poem, Dickinson uses figurative language to explore how it feels to face something new and different, and...

For a poem ostensibly about the inevitability of getting used to the darkness, courage might seem like a strange theme. But it isn’t just the darkness that we get used to that is featured in the...

Groping in the dark might not sound like the best way to face uncertainty, but the poem argues that it’s the only way to learn how to cope. Eventually, we find our way through the dark and our ey...