What does "but" in this context mean? Life is but a dream.
Life is but a dream and you are my nightmare.
"but" here means except? I understand that it means life is everything else except dream. Am I correct?
If it means "not" Why don't just say "Life is not a dream" ? Thanks
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It's saying "life is nothing but a dream" but cutting out the word "nothing." So he's saying life is only a dream.
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it is not saying that it is "not" a dream, it is saying it is "just" a dream,
so another way to put it would to say, "life is just a dream" :3
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