Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Exploration Quotes
not like Cousteau with his assiduous team (line 8)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
the blue light/ the clear atoms of our human air (lines 25-27)
Transformation Quotes
I crawl like an insect down the ladder (line 30)
Gender Quotes
the mermaid whose dark hair streams black, the merman in his armored body (lines 72-73)