As the title of the piece says, a dark and intimidating atmosphere is immediately set up from the beginning. The darkness is expressed by wavy trills and brief notes from both viola and piano, along with mysterious harmonies. Moreover, dynamics and unique instrumental techniques also help convey the spooky darkness. 

Within the range of the darkness, there is a whole individual color palette that portrays different aspects of the murkiness. The different colors, in other words, the various elements of the murkiness, are later introduced as second and third themes. If the first theme has a sense of recklessness and spookiness, the second theme is more melodic and stationery. To describe the second theme a bit deeper, it primarily consists of the same notes but in very diverse rhythms. The melody of the second theme itself has some influences from Korean traditional music. However, the piano accompaniment keeps the music in the gloominess category. The third theme, contrastingly, is calm and has a feeling of sound coming from afar. Very quiet and has soft colors in it. Imagine you are covered with blackness where you will not be able to see anything. You might feel frightened, terrified, and maybe panicking. For a while, you might be running around to find a way to escape from where you are, but the only thing that comes back at you is pitch-black dark. This piece describes the situation of being in complete darkness. However, it also portrays feelings on the other side of terrifying and afraid, which you might not expect to feel.