'Before I Got My Eye Put Out'

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People can sometimes take things for granted. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Before I got my eye put out”, Dickinson talks about how after she got her eye put out even seeing the little things she is grateful to be able to see. Dickinson endeavors to demonstrate how people take things for granted and how she would do anything to have her eye back. Dickinson in ways endeavors to reflect how she also would take her eyesight for granted because she is now really grateful to see even if it’s only with one eye. To commence with, I myself have also taken some things for granted. For example, breathing. I have taken breathing for granted because it’s a natural habit that I really don’t think about. I never think of the people who need oxygen tanks because