# Beautiful Eyes explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

## What happens

The speaker admires a beloved's violet eyes, seeing in them all that is fair and holy, and expressing a desire to live within their gaze.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Loss

The speaker's deep admiration and desire to be near the beloved's eyes reflects a theme of love and the fear of separation.

### Spirituality and Transcendence

The eyes lead the speaker to vespers, prayer, and song, suggesting a spiritual or transcendent quality in the beloved's gaze.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The speaker who admires the beloved's eyes and seeks to remain in their presence.

### Life

Implied as the source of the beloved's beauty and the object of the speaker's devotion.

## Key lines

> Eyes like the violet⁠—in them I see All that is fair, that is holy to me!

Your violet eyes contain everything beautiful and sacred in my world.

_The speaker equates the beloved's eyes with all that is good and holy._

> Eyes like the violet, gently along Lead me to vespers⁠—to prayer and to song.

Your gentle violet eyes guide me toward evening worship, prayer, and music.

_The eyes have a spiritual influence, leading the speaker to religious devotion._

> Eyes like the violet, let me I pray Live within range of thy glances all day!

Please let me stay forever where I can see your violet eyes every moment.

_The speaker prays to remain always in the beloved's sight._

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