A Thousand Mornings
existence
free verse
reflective
A Thousand Mornings - meaning Summary
The Sea Within Us
The poem uses the sea as a plain comparison for human emotional life. Its shifts between calmness, generosity, violence, and persuasion suggest that people, too, contain conflicting moods and capacities. The speaker includes herself and the reader in this likeness, ending on a shared recognition: changeability is not exceptional but part of being human.
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