An eremite is, therefore, literally 'someone who lives alone in the desert'. ... In the poem "Bright Star," Keats speaks of "nature's patient sleepless Eremite." The reference is to an unidentified star which, like a hermit, sits apart from the world.

What is all about the sonnet bright star?

“Bright Star” is a sonnet by the British Romantic poet John Keats. Written in 1818 or 1819, the poem is a passionate declaration of undying, constant love. ... As the speaker acknowledges in the poem's final line, his or her fantasy is fragile, threatened by the death and change that eventually overwhelm all human beings.

What is compared to nature patient sleepless eremite and what does it watch?

A simile is when you explicitly compare something to something else: A is like B. Here, Keats is comparing the way in which the star is watching to the way "nature's patient, sleepless Eremite" might watch something. ... So why did Keats use this old-fashioned word "eremite" when he could have just said "hermit"?