Ocean of Forms
Ocean of Forms - meaning Summary
Seeking the Formless Pearl
The poem presents a spiritual quest: the speaker abandons worldly travel and sport to dive into an "ocean of forms" seeking the perfect, formless pearl. It frames death as transformation into the deathless and portrays life as a harp to be tuned to eternal music. The final image is of a life that has played its last note and is offered in silence, suggesting surrender, completion, and union with the timeless.
Read Complete AnalysesI dive down into the depth of the ocean of forms, hoping to gain the perfect pearl of the formless. No more sailing from harbor to harbor with this my weather-beaten boat. The days are long passed when my sport was to be tossed on waves. And now I am eager to die into the deathless. Into the audience hall by the fathomless abyss where swells up the music of toneless strings I shall take this harp of my life. I shall tune it to the notes of forever, and when it has sobbed out its last utterance, lay down my silent harp at the feet of the silent.
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