Flowers by the Sea
Flowers by the Sea - meaning Summary
Restlessness Versus Peacefulness
Williams presents a quick, imagistic scene that contrasts agitated land flowers with the calm sea. A sudden motion from the ocean makes chicory and daisies appear as movement and restlessness rather than mere blooms. That shifting perception reverses as the poem ends, with the sea envisioned as plantlike and steady. The poem explores how brief motion alters how we see nature and its moods.
Read Complete AnalysesWhen over the flowery, sharp pasture's edge, unseen, the salt ocean lifts its form--chicory and daisies tied, released, seem hardly flowers alone but color and the movement--or the shape perhaps--of restlessness, whereas the sea is circled and sways peacefully upon its plantlike stem
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