1. Darkness
... just as the tame beasts are like the humans who become resigned to their death and smile. Perhaps Byron is expressing that, in death, humans and animals are not as different as they appear. Both are capable of fear and are susceptible to the same mortality. However, Byron distances the animal most likened to ... that "was faithful to a corse, and kept/The birds and beasts and famish'd men at bay.""(48-49) While earlier in the poem Byron relates animals and humans through fear of death, with these lines he likens them through savagery, then singles out one unique being. In this descripti...
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- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School