The Sea
Under the sea we don't find cute mermaids and talking fish. The speaker keeps things real for us by using the sea as a symbolfor the mysterious and deep world that's far removed from man's ego and...
Twin Halves
We usually imagine twins to look alike, but here twins can be anything so long as they're opposite but equal. Huh? Let's put it this way: the Titanic makes up one half while the Iceberg makes up th...
Vanity
Sure, we've got a ton of magazines, businesses, and starlets that are totally fine with the whole vice of vanity. But here, the speaker makes one of man's biggest weaknesses out to be part of the v...
Immanent Will
It's a loaded phrase that's equally as abstract when it comes to what it actually means. But still it "stirs and urges everything" in the poem so it has to be important. The speaker doesn't tell us...