Light

       

         Light
  ~ Francis William Bourdillion

Francis William Bourdillion  was a British poet and translator. He was educated at Worcester college, Oxford. He was born on 22 March, 1852.

About poem:

The poen was published in magazine 'The Spectator' in October, 1873. Francis William Bourdillion mostly known for his poetry.

The poem  has really depth of its subject matter. It shows the importance of love in life. As the poet says love is like..Light.

Analysis of the poem:

In the beginning of the poem, poet trIEA to say although the night has a thousand eyes(stars) and the day has one (sun) . One eye is stronger than thousand eyes because when sun is gone the people feel cold and world become dark.

In the poem, there is a comparison between day and night as well as mind and heart. The mind has a thousand eyes suggest that people have various thoughts and have different perspective toward things. While the heart suggests love and good feelings. Heart's light is brighter than that of all minds.

Here, poet is trying to say that although there are thousand of people around you but itbis possible that you still feel cold and alone without that one person who is closest to you.