It wasn't until rather recently that I realized John Masefield died in the 60s. I had thought he was from the 19th century or possibly earlier. "Sea Fever" could have been written two centuries ago, but it doesn't feel old-fashioned.
I like "Cargoes" much more, and think that that poem is more interesting in sound and imagery; "Sea Fever" doesn't do anything that I normally like poems to do, yet I still like it, and that's the mark of a good poem.
Am I the only one who thinks "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"?
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