Monday, April 29, 2013

Lord Byron the Pessimist



From the stories and poems we have read over the course, though they have been dark, typically most of them seem to have a brighter outlook. Either grasping onto the idea of hope or bringing out reforms and awareness, yet in Byron's poem I didn't really get that vibe. More than anything it is definitely bleak and I found it very interesting that Lord Byron's poem, "Darkness" was partly influenced by the weather and the mass hysteria that came out of it. In the poem, Byron points out that much of what we take for granted (sunlight, produce) can easily disappear and there really is nothing in human nature that can guarantee it. He's reminding people that though a lot of things go right, just as many things can go wrong and there is no true security in life.

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