Visual impairment men in the dark) touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one feels a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then compare notes and learn that they are in complete disagreement. "Three Blind Mice" is a medieval English nursery rhyme about three blind mice whose tails are cut off after chasing the farmer's wife. The work is explicitly incongruous, ending with the comment "Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?" Poet John Milton, who went blind in mid-life, composed On His Blindness,
One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) scene with multiple visual clues to the lyrics. The group Death by Chocolate (band) included the song "Magpie" on their 2001 Album "Death By Chocolate", with lyrics containing the rhyme. Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium's 2011 album "One for Sorrow" is named for the rhyme. The album's liner notes contain a variation of the rhyme: "One for sorrow / two for luck / three for a wedding / four for death / five for silver / six for gold / seven for a secret / not to be told / eight for heaven / nine for hell / ten