What is this poem about?

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The Changing Light

The changing light
at San Francisco
is none of your East Coast light
none of your
pearly light of Paris
The light of San Francisco
is a sea light
an island light
And the light of fog
blanketing the hills
drifting in at night
through the Golden Gate
to lie on the city at dawn
And then the halcyon late mornings
after the fog burns off
and the sun paints white houses
with the sea light of Greece
with sharp clean shadows
making the town look like
it had just been painted

But the wind comes up at four o'clock
sweeping the hills

And then the veil of light of early evening

And then another scrim
when the new night fog
floats in
And in that vale of light
the city drifts
anchorless upon the ocean

Lawrence Ferlinghetti


I can't get What this poem is about, It will be a great help if you guys explain it by line by line or in a summary!

15 points for the best explanation!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

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Okay, just know ahead of time that I am awful with poetry and this is a total guess!
I think what it is saying is that at night San Francisco seems like this great place where anything can happen, that it is just as great as Paris or Greece and that everything and everyone is happy here, but then when the sun rises and the town is lite up you see what it is really like and how awful the town truly is...
Sorry that was my best guess!

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You did great, and you tried!

Answer 2

San fran is not beautiful, dosent have well, pretty light but u still love it- for what u see in it...