Overtime, black and night (best association with
darkness) and winter are common literary symbols for death. In literature overtime, night has been
considered as the strongest symbol for death. Winter on the other hand;
although it is not associated with darkness, it is true to one of Robert Frost’s
on his "Stopping
by a Wood on a Winter's Night" .
Examples of literary works
that can justify that these words are used to symbolize death.
"It's the light they believe that kills/we
drink and load again and let them crawl
into the darkness we're headed
for"--- Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump by David Bottoms
"Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should rage against the closing of the
day
Rage, rage against the dying of the
light." ---Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Dylan Thomas
