How does the poem's use of darkness in its imagery contribute to the text's overall meaning? * -The poem describes night covering the earth from "pole to pole" (line 2), suggesting that the speaker's outlook on the world is very bleak and hopeless.
-The poem describes "night" (line 1) covering the speaker, symbolic of the adversity and/or suffering he faces.
-The poem describes "the horror of the shade" (line 10), suggesting that the speaker's hard times are only temporary.
-The poem describes a dark "place of wrath and tears" (line 9), implying that the speaker is overcome by his depression.