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The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket

(6) Tree Line

While the images aren't too hard to discern, and the words are pretty easy to understand, there's are a good amount of allusion and metaphor going on here. Fortunately for us, Lowell returns to these metaphors and allusions frequently, so once you get a handle on his references, you'll have the tools to make it to the end of the journey.