From Blank to Blank
poem 761
From Blank to Blank - meaning Summary
Choosing Blindness Over Knowing
The speaker confronts motion through an uncertain world where action and outcome feel mechanical and indifferent. Whether they stop, perish, or advance seems equivalent; any finality lies out of reach. Rather than stare into indefinite possibility, the speaker closes their eyes and gropes, finding relief in not seeing the unknowable. The poem frames intentional blindness as a pragmatic response to existential ambiguity, trading anxious searching for a lighter, tactile way of coping with limits to control and comprehension.
Read Complete AnalysesFrom Blank to Blank A Threadless Way I pushed Mechanic feet To stop or perish or advance Alike indifferent If end I gained It ends beyond Indefinite disclosed I shut my eyes and groped as well ‘Twas lighter to be Blind
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