1. Domination of Black
In the first stanza it is night and the speaker is comparing the colors shining into the room that he is in to "the colors of bushes/and the fallen leaves." ... To add a little suspense to this stanza the speaker notes the dark "color of the heavy hemlocks" as well as remembering "cry of the peacocks." ... "I saw how the planets gathered/Like the leaves themselves/Turning in the wind- The speaker then sees "how the night came, /Came striding like the color of the heavy hemlocks- Now the person in the poem is scared, and realizes that the "stars too seem part of this process of annihilation" ...
- Word Count: 619
- Approx Pages: 2
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School