Poetry / The Night is Dark (Analysis)

Absolutely delicious! I loved each and every single, resonating line. The standout line for me must be “to fear this dark for lack of light”.

The diction is perfect. A little too perfect, perhaps. It gives the poem a certain glibness. For me, this sits somewhat uncomfortably with the matter at hand. Yet the choice of words all tie in with each other and gives credence to the title and subject. Perhaps the rhymes come too easily – especially for the subject matter, where time seems suspended, the agony never-ending, and the rejection of truth and light ever so compelling. One wants to move on from hatred and despair, yet often enough, one somehow can’t. How can one accept the the reality, the truth, “the light”, when it contradicts all that one wants to believe? Perhaps I love this poem, and hate the state it describes. For I have there once too often.        

In this precious poem, there is a certain elegance and clarity on a matter often shrouded by delusions and emotions. Thank you for sharing it. I shall be reading more of your poetry.

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June 24, 2008

by Misticism

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Thank you for the compliments. I’m glad you got it.

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I love this poem because I think it really conveys the emotions we all feel when we have messed up big time and are severly regretting it.
The darkness of this poem creates a real atmosphere that is engaging, it makes you want to read more and more.
I’m not a fan of rhyming but in this particular poem, the rhyming scheme really helped create the tense atmosphere.
loved it!
Chloé

The rhyme scheme doesn’t quite flow as smoothly as it could. Check the rhyming within the first several lines.

I like the imagery and the descriptions you used. The rhymes flowed along nicely. The only thing that threw me off for a second was the lack of punctuation, but maybe that’s how you wanted it to be, so I got over it. =]
Great job!