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Does the tone change in this set of poems? If so, how? If not, how does it remain consistent?
Most students will probably notice two things: a focus on death and a sense of greater urgency. This cluster of poems has a great deal to say about mortality and seems to contain fear and uncertainty about the prospect of death; these poems also explore the nature of time through the symbol of the sea. There is darkness both explicit and implicit in these questions.
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What might the sea represent as a metaphor in these poems, particularly XLVIII-LIII?
The sea in these poems might represent the nature of time, given that the sea will go on and on while the particulars...
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