I felt that this poem was very sad and I actually felt sadness when reading it. That said, I did this collage trying to capture the poem.
The pictures represent various things that to me were the most important in the poem, these are:
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The sea: The man felt a deep connection with the sea and I believe that it is a place that we should all cherish, because it is like heaven and hell on earth. What I mean by saying this is that the sea can be cruel and harsh or peaceful and beautiful just like heaven and hell.
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The boat: is the connection that a man has with what is heaven and hell on earth, it is the vessel in which we travel in all of the days of our lives.
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The Life: It is the beginning of all things and it is the start of the seafarers journey, a journey which will ultimately lead him toward heaven.
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The city: It is mentioned in the poem that the man went to the city but was not at peace, even in the most beautiful places on earth the man was not happy if he was not in the sea.
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The woman crying: It represents the sorrow that the man felt throughout his life not being able to really achieve the feeling of complete happiness.
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The lonely sailor: He is looking toward the sea, confused about what he is doing. The sailor wanted to be in the sea, but he suffered there and then he went to a city or somewhere in the ground and he was not happy either.
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Stairway: It represented to me in this picture like the journey of life which we all have to take in order to reach heaven.
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Heaven: Is the most wonderfull place, it is the one that we all look forward to.
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Amen: The ending of this poem is with an amen and I felt that I should include it because it really gives that sense of the beginning of this chapter in life.
