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- The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.
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The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.
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- Introduction
- Stanza 1
- Stanza 2
In this article, we will discuss the poem The Night has a Thousand Eyes by Francis William Bourdillon. It is a short poem having two stanzas which consist of 4 lines each. The rhyme scheme o the poem is abab. The poet uses personification to make people know the importance of love in life.
The poet begins the poem with the words ‘The night has a thousand eyes’ meaning that the night is full of stars which keep blinking like eyes. Thus stars are personified as eyes. In the next line, he continues ‘and the day but one’. The one refers to the sun which is the only eye of the day. However, according to the poet, the light of the bright w...
In stanza 2, the poet uses the same lines and changes fromnight to mind & day to the heart. According to the poet, the mind has a thousand eyes and the heart but one meaningthat the mind keeps occupied with all kinds of ideas that keep coming (blinking) in his mind. It keeps storing all kind of information that comes in it. It has ample functions t...
The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies. With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies. When love is done.
May 13, 2011 · The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies, When love is done.
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- Iambic trimeter
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The Night Has A Thousand Eyes. The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies. With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies. When love is done.
Jul 1, 2009 · The night has a thousand eyes and other poems. by. Bourdillon, Francis William, 1852-1921. Publication date. 1899. Publisher. Boston, Little, Brown and company. Collection. library_of_congress; americana.
