"Of eyes that vainly crave the light" - explain it in light of the poem "O Me! O Life!".

In the poem "Time, You Old Gipsy Man", the poet calls time an old gipsy man as it has similarities with the gipsies. The gipsies wander from one place to another. Similarly, time goes on. It travels from one city to another and one age to another like an old gipsy man.

In the poem "The Sands of Dee", repeated words or sentences create a haunting rhythm and highlight Mary's duty, the sea's cruelty, and the inevitability of Mary's tragic fate. The repeated sentence "and call the cattle home" portrays the urgency of the task and the imminent disaster, while phrases like "o'er" and "round" illustrate the destructive nature of the tide. Moreover, the recurring phrase "Across the sands of Dee" highlights the mournful setting.

No, the poem "O Me! O Life!" is not purely pessimistic. Though the poem acknowledges profound sufferings and failure, its ultimate message is of powerful existential purpose. Simply being alive is a privilege and everyone gets the opportunity to contribute something meaningful to life.

The central message of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is the balance between the desire to appreciate nature's beauty and the necessity of fulfilling life's duties. Besides telling us to find time to enjoy nature, the poem reminds us that it is difficult to get back to nature because of the demands of everyday life.

In the poem "Two Mothers Remembered", the speaker's second mother was none but the speaker's own mother in her old age. The second mother was sickly and weak. Her mind became clouded. She acted like a child, and was dependent on her daughter. She became a stranger to her daughter.

In the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "promises' indicate the duties, obligations, and responsibilities a person has in life. And 'sleep' refers to death. Life is like a journey and we need to do many things before embracing a long sleep, which is death.