The death of the century caused his lack of faith, causing him to paint a disharmonious, dark and gloomy image of the winter landscape. He sees nothing good in English industrialization. He compares it to the "ancient pulsation of the germ and birth" (13). In previous centuries, life was centered on the family; even though the work was hard, the people were happy. They were able to control their own lives and schedules. During the Industrial Revolution people worked 12 to 14 hours a day. They no longer had time for their families. This lifestyle change and “weakening of the day's eye” (4) had a negative impact and led to the speaker's depression and pessimism about the dawn