Least Rivers Docile to Some Sea

Least Rivers Docile to Some Sea - meaning Summary

Claiming Inner Vastness

The speaker contrasts ordinary rivers, which yield to larger seas, with the addressee, who is named 'My Caspian.' Rather than being subordinate, this person is presented as an enclosed, sovereign body of water—vast, self-sustaining, and singular. The brief poem asserts a sense of autonomy and intimate reverence, turning a geographic image into an emotional claim about stature, containment, and unusual independence.