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This person is mezmorized by the magnitude of the ocean. He is looking for the wreck not the myth or the story that he has heard many times about the mystery under the sea. The diver becomes one with the wreck and what lives beneath the ocean. While submerging into the ocean the environment changes, and therefore his overall being changes and adapts. “The Sea is another story”  The diver experiences two different worlds and therefore his mindset changes. He seems to become one with the oceans elements. The change he experiences with the environment causes him to just loose himself and forget even the reason why he was exploring this ocean. Later the diver makes a connection with the wreck and it becomes clear that the elements  fo the ocean have caused alot of change to the wreck. I thought it was interesting when he refers to the mermaid and the long hair. To me I pictured the seaweed in a net on the ship, which seems to appear like a mermaids hair and movement flowing back and forth with each passing wave. He refers to himself as the merman in a black diving suit. I think that he becomes a whole different person and almost changes his entire mindset of who he is while being under water.

I think that Cervantes takes a different and unexpected journey with this poem. At first I was really expecting a poem about love, a relationship, etc, but I realized that this is a sad poem about someone losing a friend or a lover. The line that triggered my mind was “Rare bird, extinct color, you stay in my dreams in x-ray.” Among all of the other nature refrences, this line was truly significant. To me the rare bird represents someones soul, who had a huge impact on the person grieving. No longer will that person’s beautiful color  and personality be in his/her presence. (extinct) And at this point this lost loved one is just now a memory that will stay in his dreams. I also thought that the last line was really powerful. ” In rerun, the bone of you stripping sweethearts folds and layers the shredding petals of my grief into a decayed hologram my for ever empty art.”

When reading this poem I felt that I could really relate to the message given. In a way I could relate this to my friendship experiences as well as my athletics and other competition. Sometimes when you let someone else get the best of you, you tend to lose that shine you once had. The poem says “I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.” When you choose to not confront a certain issue or negative feeling about a situation to someone you can trust, then you tend to hold it all inside which could make you feel even worse. It is really important to build that kind of trust with someone you can count on. Even in the worst of times with either friends, family, or sports, I know that I can count on my mom for example, because she will listen, and that is what people just need sometimes. It also says “And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright; And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine,“ In sports you will always be in competition with other players. Even sometimes there is that one player, team or coach that just gets to you sometimes, also known as a rival. In my experience I have learned to channel my energy to myself and what I do for my team, and not what the other team or rival player is doing. If I back down and let that player get to me than I will lose that shine and that player will get the best of me and my ability, just as the poem says. Anger and wrath are trully poison to the mind and soul. Dont let it get the best of you. =) 

  this poem reveals the subject of existentialism, and that it doesn’t matter how you live but that you live. More specifically, in the women’s situation her fortunate life of luxury and romance has diminished like the flame of a candle. She has lost everything but her strength and memories. In her unfortunate situation, she adapts to the changes and does what she can to survive. Over time our world has become more and more materialistic. This poem shows that just like a flickering flame in the wind fame, fortune, and materials can be taken away. With age and time, I have learned to not stress over the little things that I cannot control, and focus the positive aspects of life around me. Just like the woman in this poem, we sometimes dont have the choice of situations we face, but it is all up to us to decide how we want to make the best out of the outcome.

Emily Dickinson reveals one of the important necessities of life, which is faith. In poem # 1052 she says that although she has never spoken with God she is certain that heaven exists. To survive and live life fulfilled you must have faith in yourself, and even those around you. Even in my personal experiences having faith keeps you believing and living life. Along the way you learn that the more you have faith in yourself, you can give of yourself and live for another. That makes living life worthwhile and meaningful.

 Although the abused structure remains in the sea, life continues and the sea grows old in it. Moore describes all of the sea life and their role in the ocean. I liked the imagery of the different aspects of life in the ocean for example the muscle shells opening and closing as the silt rises from the ocean bottom, and the waves crashing into the barnacles. Moore says, “Evidence has proved that it can live on what cannot revive its youth.” The ship will no longer be what it used to be but it can move on and survive by making meaning for itself, by providing shelter and a home for the life that continues. Nature will remain, and will adapt to changes as humans should adapt to change and make the life they are given now full of meaning and happiness.