Essay Archive - Lord Byron's "Darkness": The Faithful but Fated Dog
Lord Byron's "Darkness": The Faithful but Fated Dog
"Darkness" is a word which is at the same time both dreadful and
evocative. This is the one word Lord Byron chooses as the title for his
poem. It is a fitting description of Byron's chilling, but powerful, poem,
"Darkness". "Darkness" is a foreboding tale depicting the end of life on
earth. Byron's emotional and descriptive diction and imagery create the
tone and setting in which the world comes to an end. It is an end most
completely embodied in one small passage about a dog, which shows the kee....
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