Theme-Ardella

The theme of this poem is love. Probably Hes comparing a women to a near-spotless night, and her eyes to the lone stars. Like if you were saying her body is clear as a cloudless sky, and that the only thing that could interrupt him from looking at her beautiful body are her beautiful eyes which stand out like stars shining on a night sky.

Then he says "I would liken you to a sleep without dreams" which maybe means that when he is around her it is easy for him to relax because sometimes a sleep with dreams isn't very peaceful. Then he finishes that part by saying "were it not for your song." I think he means that her song or the way she sings is so beautiful that he cannot stop listening to her song that he can't even sleep.

In other words, Hughes is saying that the woman is enticing that he is dumbfounded by her beauty. How else would you describe someone who's like a lullaby & a wake-up call at the same time? In the time it takes for you to wake up or fall asleep you don't have time to do anything at all but stay in bed or where you wetre in the first place. The women's name is Ardella apparently,which by itself is also as beautiful as all the things that Langston Hughes describes.