Answer:I enjoyed putting the poem into a standard form because I had to think about the relationship, line to line, of the entire poem. But it also makes me realize that Dickinson's dashes are effective because they leave it unclear just how one line connects to another. Honestly, if I read this poem either way, I don't know that I would notice feeling different about it, but putting the two versions together makes me see the differences.
If I were conforming strictly to modern style, I would also feel the need to not capitalize the nouns with the most symbolic meaning. I think the poet's way of capitalizing is a unique personal mark.
Editors work hard to make writing consistent. In some ways, though, I'm glad that everything doesn't have to follow rules, and I would not like to always use correct sentence structure in everything I write. I'm glad publishers eventually put Dickinson's dashes back in her poem so I can see them that way. It's subtle, but punctuation does play a role in what a poem means.
Explanation: it was on plato so i would use parts of it
Answer:
We grow accustomed to the Dark,
When light is put away,
As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp
To witness her Goodbye.
A Moment, We uncertain step,
For newness of the night;
Then fit our Vision to the Dark
And meet the Road erect.
And so of larger Darknesses
Those Evenings of the Brain,
When not a Moon disclose a sign
Or Star, come out within.
The Bravest grope a little
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead,
But as they learn to see,
Either the Darkness alters,
Or something in the sight
Adjusts itself to Midnight,
And Life steps almost straight.
Explanation:
Standard format
