Title
I think “The Ocean” by Nathaniel Hawthorne will be based about what’s beyond the sea.
Now, read the poem. Once read, look at the following areas…
Paraphrase
The depths of the sea has some hidden locations.
Undiscovered places that tend to be solitary
The perspective above the surface of the ocean gives an illusion of danger with it waves
But underneath the water all danger disappears
It compares the depth of the ocean to the afterlife
Theres also the ones still living who grief
Over someone
A possibly sailor rests in peace
As resting in their own home the sea
The ocean is a blessed place
Unlike the Earth
The lands graves don’t rest in peace like the ocean
The blue seas remain peaceful
Connotation
“The Ocean has its silent caves,
Deep, quiet, and alone”
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“The Ocean has its silent caves,
Deep, quiet, and alone”
Shift
It has four stanzas all are about the same length.
The last line always ends with a period.
The poem has three semicolons
It seems to have a pattern.
Title (revisited)
The title of the poem provides serene to a mournful topic such as death is. The ocean represents tranquilly to those seamen who have passed on. The quiet peaceful scene of the sea can be equally compared to “heaven” or a certain type of paradise that people afterlife are thought to go to.
Theme
The theme of this poem is what the afterlife may carry which can be calmness which the ocean has especially deep within the ocean its silence can bring peace to those who have passed on.
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The author shows the reader the sea just as the sailor does as death, but more than death
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“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in
Death is an occurrence that is apart of the human condition which is why it’s often found in literature. The poems that have been analyzed for its use of death are “Thanatopsis” by William Bryant, “Dust In The Wind” by Kansas, and “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult. Although each of the poem’s points are different, they have the same topic which is death.
which surround it. But outside of this ?sea?, one may be destabilised, drawn away by these outside forces, into the vast expanse of ?ocean? between the West Indies and Europe. Outside of these metaphorical and geographical oceanic areas, one may become the victim of these currents, subject to their vagaries and fluctuations, no longer able to personally define, with any certainty, where one is
It is something for the soul to reside in until it has fulfilled its purpose on earth. Then it leaves, to start a new life in another shipping crate. With a clean conscious each of the characters in these poems are able to die guilt-free and both believe they will ascend to heaven. They acknowledge the fact that their souls will carry on after their bodies have died and seem to rest assure in the fact that there is more to life than the experiences they had on earth. Similar to the way souls are regarded by today's standards, it is something that departs from person upon death and carries the memory of an individual forever.
The idea that something exists after death is uncertain in this poem, saying this, it is important that the point of view is that of the observer. The ...
The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace (Chopin 25).
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