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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 ....
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.... obvious of the religious ties is line 46 in
which, "The meager by the meager were devoured". The ironic parallel to
the Biblical belief that the meek shall inherit the earth is clear. The
meek, or in this case the meager, shall inherit the destruction through
their own death and consumption.
This appalling prospect of death and destruction is revealed
throughout "Darkness" by the primary images of darkness, fire, the death of
two enemies, and the dog ....
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