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I.
The grey sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
Analysis
Alliteration- long l sounds slow down the pace, the
the poem a sensuous feel. The sibilance seascented also adds to the amorous tone. The night is
Structure
Throughout the poem loose iambic tetrameter keeps a steady, yet sedate
rhythm until line nine when the caesura and sibilance adds pace to mirror the
narrators excitement at the proximity of his lover. The use of And at the
beginning of lines 10 and 11 also speeds up the pace at the end of the poem.
Tone
There is a sensuous, excited tone to the poem. There could also be said to be a
large amount of sexual euphemisms in some of the images the pushing prow
quenching its speed in the slushy sand and the blue spurt of the lighted
match. The poem is about romantic love and the use of the senses adds to the
sybaritic atmosphere created by this clandestine assignation.
Possible class activities
Divide the students into groups and give them a line of the poem each to analyse
for imagery, semantics/diction etc. Feedback and consolidate annotate the
poem.