Eyes of Night-Time (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Rukeyser
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Nature, Beauty, Forests or forestry, Animals, Frogs, Night, Eye, Reptiles
The Poem
“Eyes of Night-Time” is a full-throated song about the beauty of night and darkness. This short poem in free verse expresses the poet’s awe over nature’s beauty at night. The first stanza describes with passionate wonder the creatures that see in the dark. In the second stanza, the poet considers what human beings may see in the darkness, or what the darkness may reveal to them.
For Muriel Rukeyser, “night-time” has strong metaphorical connections to the human spirit’s darkness or hidden truths. The poem, while offering minute observations on...
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