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APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN, What kind of scene is presented in the first…
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The first tree lines present the earth and the ocean as a lonely, solitary scene where no one intrudes. The ocean makes music with its waves.
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He loves society but loves nature more because through the contact with nature he discovers something about himself; become simpler, and in doing so, becomes part of something larger; Thus he feels what he is not able to express although he cannot hide it.
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Man has complete power over the land, which he ruins, but his power stops on the shore where begins the power of the ocean to wreek the ships and their crews.
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The ocean arises and casts Man away from its bosom, it has no mercy in front of his fear. On the open ocean people are pretty much tost- it is powerful and unpredictable.
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When a child, he played by the ocean. Whwn it was stormy, he still loved it. It was a big delight to him then and now. The last metaphor compares his laying his hands on the waves to the way he would lay his hands upon the mane of his horse. This creates an image of trust.
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ASSONANCE line 11= fleets, sweet,thee.
ALLITERATION line 22= for earth's destruction thou dost all despise. line 25= and howling, to his gods, where haply lies.
PARALLELISM linw 1,2,3= There is
PARADOX line 3=society where none intrudes. line 9= what i can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.
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PERSONIFICATION stanza CLXXX= contains examples of the personification of the ocean through verbs referring to human action
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METAPHOR line 36= and laid my hands upon thy mane-as i do here. The ocean is here presented as a horse which the speaker trusts.