The poem
Look, stranger, at this island now The leaping light for your delight discovers, Stand stable here And silent be, That through the channels of the ear May wander like a river The swaying sound of the sea.
Here at the small field's ending pause Where the chalk wall falls to the foam, and its tall ledges Oppose the pluck And knock of the tide, And the shingle scrambles after the suck- ing surf, and the gull lodges A moment on its sheer side.
Far off like floating seeds the ships Diverge on urgent voluntary errands; And the full view Indeed may enter And move in memory as now these clouds do, That pass the harbour mirror And all the summer through the water saunter.
very bad poem
Analysis of Seascape by Auden
The poem describes the seascape and its beauty,rather it speaks of the beauty and nature within us.It opens with a theatrical gesture and continues to instill upon its readers the serenity and calmness of the seascape.It seems that the poet has become a stranger to himself as he explores his own conflicting thoughts