A woman’s external beauty coupled with her inner beauty has been beautifully showcased in this poem. The woman is the poet’s cousin who he met at a party and was mesmerized by her beauty and wrote this poem as a tribute to her beauty. The various comparisons from nature and the sky that are given to the beauty of this woman exemplify her beauty really well.
A parallel drawn between a cloudless starry night and the woman is an attempt to show the striking beauty of the woman which is just like stars shinning in the darkness of the night.
Darkness has been contrasted with light to bring out the apparent yet mysterious beauty of the woman. Her beauty has the right proportion of the dark and the bright which suggests that she is perfect. Her striking eyes create a kind of harmony between the dark and the bright. The line ’Thus mellow’d to that tender light’ draws out the beautiful image of the woman as the light which is tender than the bright shining light of the day. In other words, the beauty is harmonious like the moonlight and not very gaudy.
It would be mess up her beauty if the balance of dark and bright in the shades of her beauty is changed. Her beauty will be half damaged or gone in fiddling up with that balance. Her beauty has a grace which cannot be named or expressed in words. The sentiments are put in the words of the poet.
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The woman’s beauty and grace lies in her hair locks which are black and her expression which makes her face look so bright. The contrast between the dark and the bright has again been used to illustrate the woman’s illuminated face.
Where the woman is blessed with such physical beauty, her mind or inner self is no less beautiful. The sweet expressions on the woman’s face portray her thoughts which are pure and serene and stay in her beautiful mind.
The poet has tried to draw the relation between her beauty and her calm mind. The contrasting opposition of the dark and the bright has a new meaning .While the light is the physical beauty of the woman, the dark represents the inner beauty which is not visible outwardly.
The expressive beauty of the woman comes out when the poet writes about the beautiful cheeks and brows which are soft yet eloquent. Her beauty has an elegance which makes her look royal. Her smile is a reflection of joy and happiness and her blushes give a glow on her face.
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Her smile is expressive and simply beautiful because she has spent her days in doing good deeds. Her beautiful face can be owed to her restful conscience and her kind heart. She is at peace with everyone on the earth which suggests that she is a wonderful and kind person. Her love is also pure and innocent which suggests that she is someone who is really soft and peaceful person.