As Theodore Roethke said in the citation "In a dark time, the eye begins to see..." This citation is meaning that if you are blind of all the things that are going on in your life, at some moment you are going to get out of there and see the true reality of life. The two books that are related with this citation are: The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass and Next Stop by Ivan Sanchez. These books embody the idea of the quote by saying that if you are going through a difficult time in your life, you have to put your foot on the ground and realize that not all what it shines is gold. In The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, the narrator is describing his life as slave.
In The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, the narrator is describing his life as slave.