We're getting used to the darkness—
When the light disappears—
Like a neighbor holding a lamp.
Witness her farewell—
A moment-our uncertain footsteps
For the freshness of the night—
And then—adapt our vision to the darkness—
Meet the road-stand upright-
So the greater darkness.
Those nights in the brain—
When no moon shows a sign—
Or the stars-out-inside-
The bravest-feel a little-
Sometimes I hit a tree.
Directly on the forehead—
But when they learn to see—
Either the darkness has changed—
Or something in front of you
Automatically adjust to midnight—
Life is almost straight.
In Emily Dickinson's poems, not all proper nouns are capitalized except the capitalization of the first word in each line. According to scholars, the main purpose is to emphasize reference rather than actual reference. It's darkness, not darkness. The "dark" with a capital D may be a means to guide readers to distinguish between "dark" and "dark" in the following lines.
Lights, roads, etc.
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Not many poets generally adopt this format. In addition,
Dickinson's poems adopt the metrical pattern of general church hymns: four sentences in each section, the first and third sentences are eight syllables, the second and fourth sentences are six syllables, the pace is the simplest "light and heavy", and the second and fourth sentences rhyme.
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Communicate often, hehe