The 1st stanza introduces the responder to a "night that covers" the persona, one which is of almost absolute darkness as it is "black as a pit" and covers the personas world from "pole to pole" in reference to the geographic North and South poles. ... As mentioned before, this technique to personify "the Shadow" or Death, is a sardonic use of a pre-existing archetype of Death, a grim reaper to be feared and avoided. ... By personifying pain, suffering and eventually death as a being or deity, Henley inflicts his own mortality onto Death itself - that to...

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It follows the story of a single mother, Amelia, who is still struggling to get over the death of her husband. ... The film takes a dark turn as a supernatural being from a horror story she read to her son, 'The Babadook,' begins to plague her. ... The colour theme throughout the movie plays a large role in many ways, most of the film is set within the family's home which appears to be exclusively made up of dark grey or black tone. ...

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