Analysis Of The Darkness By Lord Byron

George Gordon, Lord Byron, born in 1788 and died in 1824, was a known author and supporter of the English Romantics. Lord Byron has many pieces of work that have been studied throughout history but none as infamous as his poem titled “Prometheus”. To truly understand “Prometheus” one must first understand the author. Byron’s interpretation of Prometheus is highly reflective of his involvement and support of Romanticism. Romanticism can be defined as an intellectual and cultural reaction to the Enlightenment; without the Enlightenment there would be no Romanticism. English Romantics, such as Lord Byron, were men of action, solitude and imagination. Romantics viewed the individual as isolated from the rest of man. The idea of the “citizen”

The lights of the town were veiled in darkness, a mere inverted shadow amidst the gloom of the night. Distant thunderings, as those brought to mind with Dies Irae or the distant chattering of a great blaze could be heard, drawing nigh upon the trembling hands of the people frantically seeking a shade for the lights that would soon propagate should their brilliance stretch to the skies, but found difficulty locating even their hands at arm’s length, due to the cloud over the town, in the streets, as real and thick as the blanket of golden and crimson extending toward the town at a propeller’s rate, silencing the natural beauty of the countryside amid the sounds of death and destruction.

The Romantic poets sought to write epic poems that incorporated new philosophies, ideals, and literary trends, while also parodying, satirizing and deconstructing the epic poem itself. Rather than merely extend the epic tradition, the Romantic poets subverted the characteristics and tropes attributed to epic poetry, in turn creating an interesting revision of the epic. Two seminal works of Romantic poetry that adequately showcase the revision of epic tradition are William Wordsworth’s introspective epic The Prelude and Lord Byron’s biting epic satire Don Juan. Incorporating either introspection and reflection or irony and satire, both works incorporate themes from the epic tradition while also subverting its significant aspects.

Lord Byron’s “Darkness” illustrates a dark and pessimistic outlook for the world as we know it. The world loses all sense of hope and is left with only despair and darkness after the loss of the provider of thought and hope-sunlight. With the extinction of sunlight comes the destruction of social classes due to inevitable fear of death, and, as a result, all that is left is chaos. The psychological mind drastically changes its mannerisms and mode of thinking when faced with life and death situations.

    The speaker tells her story in a very nostalgic, yet optimistic tone. She references the different childhoods throughout her family history, from her grandmother’s childhood to her own. She even made quick remarks about her great grandfathers. While describing memories from her own youth, the speaker sounded as if she longed to go back to those days. She shared memories of dressing up as princesses and falling asleep under her father’s army blanket. Although she sounded very nostalgic, the speaker was hopeful for the future. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker is found saying, “Within the dream of myself perhaps I’d meet my

Throughout the poem, no one ever speaks or has a dialect. The narrator’s voice has an omniscient presence, which allows the reader to under the emotions and feelings that are being established during the poem. The narrator also establishes the setting and the

“As we read through the poem, jot down any feelings or emotions that you might have. How does it make you feel? What do you think of? Does it remind you of anything you have seen or heard before?”

Born in 1788, George Gordon Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and one of the most famous poets of the romantic era. Romanticism was one of the most influential poetic movements in which brought Lord Byron into the literary forefront. Although he has many famous literary works, She Walks in Beauty is one of his most favourable poems. The poem was inspired by a woman wearing a mourningful dress whilst at a ball. Love is the overarching theme, focusing mainly on captivating love. This is seen by the overwhelming sense of his attention that is captivated by her and the fact that the woman seems unobtainable. Through his work, Lord Byron captured the reader's attention through the way he used literary devices and the way he represented different gender representations through the nature of love.

No matter how frightened the enemies are, they will not “shed in vain”. Therefore, in line 9, the enemies are described as “common foe” which is not too scary, so the allies can have hope while fighting them. In line 13, the speaker compares the enemies with murderers which give readers a feeling that the enemies are immoral: what they do is against humanity. On the other hand, in Hughes’s poem, he uses common, food-related scenes, to express his feeling. In line 3, he describes that a dream deferred is “like a raisin dry up in the sun”. Once a grape has become the raisin, it has no juice remaining. Hughes compares juice to hope which means there is no hope at all, it will “fester like a sore-and then run?” (4) In Hughes’ opinion, the dream deferred only becomes more serious, and cannot be healed. The next line, “Does it stink like rotten meat? (6)” shows dreams do not go away easily, they will linger, and spoil reminding people of their unfortunate fate. Also, people must take actions to dispose of rotten meat. Hughes repeatedly depicts sickening images to convince readers that dreams cannot be deferred. Especially the last line, “Or does it explode”

The poem starts with the line, “Be perfect, make it otherwise.”(1), showing a clear contradiction, by doing this the speaker begins to immediately show the reader an image of imperfection that the speaker feels. Doing this creates a tone of uneasiness, which follows throughout

The poem was written in a way that is similar to an autobiography. The narrator of the poem is telling the story from a first person perspective, mostly speaking in a non-traditional manner. The tone of the poem sounds carefree as if the narrator was having a conversation with the reader. For example “I won 't be keeping myself chaste for long, for when one husband from this world is gone Some Christian

In the early, opening lines of the poem, we find that the dreamer is experiencing a challenging time falling asleep. His heavy thoughts are incredibly disturbing at night and he has not been able to

The poem’s opening line,

The speaker shifts mood, from happy and optimistic to discontent and hopeless. From the opening line to the closing line, we are presented with polarized emotions that are irreconcilable. Especially, the turn at the end of the poem, serves as a conclusion that tells the reader how traumatic the travesty was. The dialogue with the rapists is a one-way: the rapists ask two questions before attacking the victim, but the victim does not respond to them. She only reports what occurred that night, which is narrated using the past tense.

The genre of this poem is a dream vision. The narrator of the poem begins the tale by saying “I will tell the best of visions,/ that came to me in the middle of the night,” (1-2). We know that the narrator had to have slept to receive this vision. Humans have three categories of state including the conscious, the subconscious, and the unconscious. The conscious is the ability to control the thought process either allowing reasonable outcome or an imaginative outcome. The