A small description about the Poet James Reeves and his poem "The Sea"

The real name of James Reeves was John Morris. He was a British writer well known for his poetry and contribution to children's literature and the literature of collected traditional songs. He was born in 1909 in Middlesex and educated at Stowe and Jesus College , Cambridge. He started his career as a teacher. He retired from this career in 2952. Then, he became a full time writer.

As a poet, he contributed a lot to the modern English Literature. Some of his constructive works are "Songs for Six Pence" IN 1929 "The Imprisoned Sea" in 1949 , "The Wondering Moon" in 1950. "The Taking Skull" in 1958 and "The Sea".

In his poem "The Sea, Reeves brings an excellent poetic creation vividly describing the different stages of the sea metaphorically comparing the sea to a hungry dog.

The poem "The Sea" is fabricated round the nature of the sea. It is really a vivid description about how the sea appears in the shape of a 'monster', the violence it makes etc.

The poem consists of three stanzas in which the poet draws attention to "three stages" of the sea , really three different behaviors patterns. In the first stanza , the poet mentions about the sea in the day time. In the second stanza, he draws attention how the sea gets violent in the night time. Finally, he takes the calm and silent sea in May or June.

 Let's see the poem "The Sea"

The sea is a hungry dog

Giant and grey

He rolls on the beach all day

With clashing teeth and shaggy jaws

Hour open hour he gnaws

The rumbling,tumbling stones,

And "Bones'bones'bones'bones!"

The giant sea-dog moans,

Licking his greasy paws

And when the night wind roars 

And the moon rocks in the stormy clod

He bounded to his feet and snuffs and sniffs,

Shaking his wet side over the cliffs,

And howls and hollos long and loud

But one quiet day in May or June

When even the grass on the dune

Play no more their reedy tune

With his dead between his paws

He lies on the sandy shores,

So quiet , so quiet , he scarcely snores.

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