An Hour Is a Sea

An Hour Is a Sea - meaning Summary

Time as Isolating Sea

The speaker likens a single hour to a sea that separates them from a small group of others. That brief unit of time becomes a barrier: with those people the speaker would find harbor, but during the hour they are cut off. The metaphor compresses distance and emotional isolation into a tiny span, suggesting that moments can feel vast and dividing. The poem registers longing for connection and the sense that temporal gaps, however short, can prevent the refuge of companionship.