Thread: Poem Appreciation #7 - Sea Fever (John Masefield)
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Unread 10-25-2012, 01:14 PM
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Like so many of the finest sea poems and ballads, there's an analogy here between the ending of a voyage and the ending of life:

'And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over'

Who could hope for more than this?
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