Analysis Poem "The Dark by James Carter"

The Dark by James Carter (2001) 

Why are we so afraid of the dark?

It doesn’t bite and doesn’t bark

Or chase old ladies round the park

Or steal your sweeties for a lark

And though it might not let you see

It lets you have some privacy

And gives you time to go to sleep

Provides a place to hide or weep

It cannot help but be around

When beastly things make beastly sounds

When back doors slam and windows creek

When cats have fights and voices shreek

The dark is cosy, still and calm

And never does you any harm

In the loft, below the sink

It’s somewhere nice and quiet to think

Deep in cupboards, pockets too

It’s always lurking out of view

Why won’t it come out till it's night?

Perhaps the dark’s afraid of light

1. Theme 

The theme of the poem is about courage in the fight against fear, worried about the worst that's gonna happen in the dark. 

In the first stanza;

“Why are we so afraid of the dark?

It doesn’t bite and doesn’t bark

Or chase old ladies round the park

Or steal your sweeties for a lark”

Means Asking why people are so afraid of the dark when darkness does nothing, but human minds make the thought that there must be evil in every darkness.

The color in this poem it has an atmosphere of darkness and fearful in the line " Why are we so afraid of the dark? ", the audience imaginary that the dark place always make people afraid. 

"The dark is cosy, still and calm

And never does you any harm" 

In these lines, darkness also gives calmness, warmth and That darkness is not evil as much as we imagine.

•ANALYSIS

This poem contains metaphor, in the line " Why are we so afraid of the dark? " mean the poem mentions suffering darkness itself, and people emphasize how they feel when they are inside.

“It doesn’t bite and doesn’t bark” This emphasizes the fact that if people are afraid of the unknown that may exist within them, then it is not the fault of the darkness.

Mean rather, it suggests that darkness itself is too beign to fear or reject because of the persuasiveness in which light refuses to appear. The fact is, what people do not realize is that the light always accompanies them strongly as it does in their pockets, but they are totally unaware of it and are busy embracing the light that leaves them more frequently. It takes into account that despite the fear of light, darkness remains a paradox in your pocket. Therefore, darkness is a victim of the ignorance of some here, and people's of darknessis futile.  In the stanza 3, the author write as a negative space of which dangerous and in the stanza 4 and 5, terrifying creatures lurk also to protect the dangers that hide in the light. It is a personification of an idea that has hauted humanity for years.

In the line “the dark is cosy, still and calm” It says that even in darkness, we can truly feel the calm of the noise of the outside world, the fear of darkness will disappear if we banish evil thoughts. What i perspective about the line “Perhaps the dark’s  afraid of light” mean 

 in this line poem, both aids and deflects the evil nature of the dark and the evils that it posessses while also pointing out the equal amount of evil in the light. 

•POEM SUPPORT

In the story the dark is shown to be a friendly character. The author reassures the reader that the dark is not bad. In the end the dark helps Laszlo to find a new light bulb, so that he has light in his room and has no reason to be afraid. The poem questions why should we be afraid of the dark? It can’t physically hurt us. The poem says the dark is cosy, still and calm, and will not do you any harm. Which shows it’s not going to hurt you, and there is nothing to be afraid of.