The Seafarer

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   amy-lepore Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   The Seafarer's spiritual journey involves his love of the sea and all the range of emotions he runs through as he is sailing.  He suffers from the pain and the cruelty of the weather and the hard work, yet he is elated during the calm times where he can delight in the birds and the beauty that surrounds him.  When he is back on land, he aches to be back at sea.  The women, the food, the drink, the creature comforts on land should hold him there, but the sea is such a part of him and he loves it so much that he can not stay away.

   Toward the end of the poem, the Seafarer utters a prayer.

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   Posted by amy-lepore on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 11:47 AM
   
   

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