poem marks beginning series consciously formed set poems written published air raids great_britain event threatened giving lectures area title comes rock formation near town spent time child reflects references past poem poem discusses nature time humanity place time life described travelling boat humanity science future gain keeping travellers reaching destination poem image krishna emphasise need follow divine instead seeking personal gain background began working world war time london experiencing air raids near end time moved spent time writing lectures tiny poems able find time work poem envisioned east fourth poem united set wrote poem quickly sent draft january received draft began corresponding alterations poem joined poem soon finished published february issue according note title dry presumably les small group rocks beacon north east coast massachusetts pronounced rhyme location place knew poem links image cape ann sailing gloucester harbor images mississippi_river childhood images personal references originally intended discussed autobiographical work collect series essays childhood poem poem described poem water hope begins images sea water past water later metaphor life humans act transitions image ringing bell discussion time prayer images men drowning dominate section leading science ideas evolution separate mankind properly understanding past ends krishna stating divine future benefits rewards matters fourth section prayer virgin mary fishermen sailors drowned end starts discussion people attempt future means narrator tries convince reader resignation death necessary resignation viewed pushing self redemption eternal life world acting properly able overcome life world themes central image water sea images similar odyssey represent internal aspects humanity loses technology theories like evolution separate mankind past according man connection mankind accept drifting sea end broken rocks restrained time gave mankind hope able escape hope present understand patterns found past meaning found meaning allows experience moments revelation christ able overcome time know corruption overcome able join eternal images original sin adam fall talking past points events forgotten affect mankind brings image krishna discuss past future related krishna speaking claims death come time men find divine instead worrying actions bring individual follow krishna words able free self limitations time fully attained effort attempting important way mankind understand divine prayer power holy spirit images connect earlier works images life boat leak similar death water section waste land like images old age experience found image need look life try things limitations time men supposed progress aren supposed focus gain future prayer virgin mary intended help guide journey end understanding mary guide sailors proper harbour connecting earlier works connects family past dry landscape ancestor travelled source dry refers joining personal pursuit divine references events places knew child terms literary allusions brings krishna discussion acting according divine allusions philosophy book common prayer regards allusions mark editions works note quotes allusions lines work particular edition included page added compared battle scenes dry reception review times literary supplement dated september stated note bleak resignation poem lost wit woven logic earlier poems later claimed dry satisfactory sequence time contains best lines opening lines poor weakly sub fashion writing suddenly picks words river end section sustained sequence believed dry complicated uneven poem continues thing progression mainly maritime imagery
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