In poem no. 336 by Emily Dickinson, the narrator feels a strong sense of despair and complains that she has lost the physical ability to see with one eye. The narrator reflects on the importance of sight in experiencing nature and finds a greater appreciation for it now that she has lost her sight. At the end of the poem, however, the narrator experiences transcendence, when she realizes that through the act of imagination, she is able to see much more than the limited view afforded to her by her eyes. Through poetic writing, the narrator is able to capture the beauty of nature and engrave it into her soul. In an excerpt from "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, he alludes to the importance of being able to merge the human soul with nature to create a perfect unity, and as such it lays the foundation for Dickinson's ideas that are presented in her poem. Although Dickinson's poem may seem transcendental at first glance, it can also be interpreted as a mixture of Emerson's transcendental ideas and those that support the notion of imagination. Dickinson's poem serves as a response to Emerson's ideas as it adds to his thoughts and unites his idea that there is a unity in the world with the notion that imagination and sight serve as a bridge that connects human consciousness to nature to create this unity which Emerson believes in. In the first stanza, the narrator says that “one eye was taken out of me” (1), showing that she can now only see in one eye due to the singular use of the eyes. Because she only talks about losing the sight in one eye, we can assume that she laments the limited vision now provided to her by her remaining eye. The narrator's fragmented and limited vision caused a... middle of paper...... her heart would break, but because she is able to see nature through her imagination, she is safe of these effects, as evidenced by his words: “It is therefore safer to guess with my soul” (18). While Emerson uses only sight to connect with nature, Dickinson uses both sight and imagination to connect people's souls to nature when she says, "...with my soul open the world. window” (19); It is said that the eyes are the windows that lead to the soul, so through this statement Dickinson shows that there is a correlation between imagination, sight and the soul because through each of them, we are able to become one with nature. Through the very act of writing this poem, Dickinson reveals that poetic writing is another form of achieving unity with nature. Works Cited Dickinson, Emily. “Before I had my eye gouged out – (336).” Poetry Foundation. PoetryFoundation, and Web. April 15. 2014.