Sea Fever Essay -- English Literature

sea feverishness - speechGood morning Miss Allison and class, the verse form I chose is Sea Fever byJohn Masefield. John Masefield, was tho 22 years old when he wrotethe simple yet travel lines in his poem Sea Fever. He was born in1878, in, England. Young Masefield cherished to be a merchant marineofficer and at 13 he spent two and a half years on the school ship andafterwards was apprenticed aboard a piloting ship, bound for Chile. InChile he became ill and left the ocean and returned to England. In 1902Masefield published his first volume of poems, Salt-Water BalladsJohn Masefields poem Sea Fever is a work of art that brings beautyto the English quarrel through its use of rhythm, imagery and mankindycomplex figures of speech. Sea Fever is a classic, English poem aboutthe poets strong propensity to return to the sea. It is a description ofa man who reflects on what his liveliness used to be like when he was a tabloidor. In Stanza one, the man yearns to be sailing the ocea ns onceagain. He remembers the solitude and the natural purlieu aroundhim, such as the sky, with its stars to guide him in the rightdirection, as well as the wind that made his ship shake and its sailto billow. He also recalls the grey mist of the ocean. In stanza two,the man describes his hunger in stronger terms, when he describesthe tide of the ocean as a comport call that may not be denied. Theman also remembers versatile aspects associated with the sea, such asthe white clouds moving in the sky, the foam and spray, as well as thesound of the sea gulls. Stanza three is a except description of themans deportment at the sea. He recalls his life as beingness similar to thewandering life of a gypsy. He remembers being at the helm of his sh... ...ng or sense modality of each stanza.Firstly, a mood of solitude is expressed in this exhibit show, through thetall ship, being isolated in the open seas, crossing storms, secludedfrom all civilisations. Secondly, a mood of deep ye arning, hunger andfrustration is depicted in this picture with the flung spray and theblown spume, being very important features in this picture. Thispicture also shows the inclination sh bed between the speaker and theocean. Thirdly, in this picture, the mood of freedom and independenceis reflected through the freedom of a whale and a sea gull. Thecolours I chose for this picture are very peaceful, with discolour andgreens and whites, showing the true calmness of the sea.The themes in Sea Fever, the longing the speaker has for the sea andthe comparison of life to a sea voyage, are also seen in the picturesI have displayed on my poster.