The Sea
Quick: When is water not water? When it's the sea in Omeros. Walcott crafts this symbol very deliberately from his first invocation of Homer. Check it out: […] Only in you, across centuriesof the...
The Sea-Swift
Sometimes we hit the jackpot when reading poetry and the poet tells us how to interpret an image. This is the case with the sea-swift (that's a common term to you and me): […] she was the mind-me...
The Frigate-Bird
When he returns from his spirit-journey across the Atlantic, Achille and his mate spot a large, black frigate-bird in the air above the island. The men comment on the relationship between the white...
Ants
Pro tip: In the world of Omeros, you probably don't want to crush any ants. They may be tiny, but they represent some serious might in this poem.The key to this symbol can be found early in the tex...
Coins
We couldn't possibly cite every use of coins in the poem, but we're here to tell you to be on the lookout because coins are an important image here. From Achille's understandable obsession with the...