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THE SEA LOVER by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I CANNOT BE WHAT THE SEA IS
Last Line: AND CHANGEFUL CONSTANCY.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
I cannot be what the sea is
To you who love the sea,
Its ease of empty spaces,
Its soothing majesty;
To the many moods of the ocean
Go back, for here in me
Is only its sad passion
And changeful constancy.



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