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She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes thus mellowed to that tender light which heaven to gaudy day denies.

Would you please explain what the poet means by "like the night of cloudless climes, thus mellowed to that tender light and which heaven to gaudy day denies?

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"like the night of cloudless climes" means like the night in a place where there are no clouds in the sky. "thus mellowed to that tender light" means that her eyes were soft to suit the tender light. "which heaven to gaudy day denies" is an inverted way of saying "which heaven denies to gaudy day" (referring to the tender light).

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  • "like the night of cloudless climes" means like the night in a place where there are no clouds in the sky.
  • "thus mellowed to that tender light" means that her eyes were soft to suit the tender light.
  • "which heaven to gaudy day denies" is an inverted way of saying "which heaven denies to gaudy day" (referring to the tender light).
  • Note correct use of quotation marks: Would you please explain what the poet means by "like the night of cloudless climes ", " thus mellowed to that tender light " and " which heaven to gaudy day denies " ?
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"like the night of cloudless climes" means like the night in a place where there are no clouds in the sky.

"thus mellowed to that tender light" means that her eyes were soft to suit the tender light.

"which heaven to gaudy day denies" is an inverted way of saying "which heaven denies to gaudy day" (referring to the tender light).

Note correct use of quotation marks:
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