![]() ![]() Around the fires, men are at first glad to see other faces-but then they see in those faces such despair that they begin to weep, smile cynically, or fall into madness. Both palaces and huts are burned to give light and warmth. To stave off the darkness, they burn everything they can, including their homes. The gloomy, cold earth wanes for weeks or months, long enough for men to “forget their passions” (line 7) and turn their hearts only to survival or despair. The poet then imagines the end of the world through a series of natural, social, and possibly supernatural events. The speaker begins his poem as a “dream” but “not all a dream” (line 1), immediately casting doubt upon the narrative to follow.
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