How does William Faulkner use imagery in That Evening Sun?

Parallels found in literature and music relate less to characters and action than to the development of dialogue and imagery in the story. "That Evening Sun" is significantly enriched by the influence of blues music on the text. The title comes from the words to "St. Louis Blues." John Hagopian believes the relationship to the song is ironic, citing as an example the song's line "I'll love my baby till the day I die." Ken Bennett traces the story's rich associations with both blues music and black religious music; his work shows that the story's indebtedness goes much deeper than the mere borrowing of its title from Handy's "St. Louis Blues." The image of the evening sun appears in black religious music, sometimes to represent coming death and judgment. In the blues tradition, the setting sun is linked to despair and also to the "time when the black male proved his masculinity" and the prostitute's time to "shine."