Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN HARBOR, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Surely there, among the great docks, is peace, my mind Last Line: Yes, it is certainly of the high sea they are talking. Subject(s): Ships & Shipping; Sea | ||||||||
Surely there, among the great docks, is peace, my mind; there with the ships moored in the river. Go out, timid child, and snuggle in among the great ships talking so quietly. Maybe you will even fall asleep near them and be lifted into one of their laps, and in the morning -- There is always the morning in which to remember it all! Of what are they gossiping? God knows. And God knows it matters little for we cannot understand them. Yet it is certainly of the sea, of that there can be no question. It is a quiet sound. Rest! That's all I care for now. The smell of them will put us to sleep presently. Smell! It is the sea water mingling here into the river -- at least so it seems -- perhaps it is something else -- but what matter? The sea water! It is quiet and smooth here! How slowly they move, little by little trying the hawsers that drop and groan with their agony. Yes, it is certainly of the high sea they are talking. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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