Question

Read ths excerpt from “Break, Break, Break” by Alfred Loryd Tennyson. What is the theme of the poem?

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.

O well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill:
But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

Life seems like the endless ocean.
One man's grief cannot stop progress.
A moment lost in time does not return.
People do not understand the true meaning of life.

Answer 1

I think the theme of the poem is about a person and people around him/her just don't understand him/her.

Answer 2

The theme of the poem is that a moment lost in time does not return

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, the theme of the poem is that a moment lost in time does not return.

The speaker feels that all the time spent is lost and it will never come back, he states: "But the tender grace of a day that is dead

Will never come back to me".

We can assume that the speaker is feeling worried about the progress and that people doesn´t understand life.

He states "A moment lost in time does not return.

People do not understand the true meaning of life."