Question

Read the poem, then answer the question that follows.

After the Sea-Ship
Walt Whitman
After the Sea-Ship-after the whistling winds;
After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes,
Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,
Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship:
Waves of the ocean, bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,
Waves, undulating waves-liquid, uneven, emulous waves,
Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,
Where the great Vessel, sailing and tacking, displaced the surface;
Larger and smaller waves, in the spread of the ocean, yearnfully flowing:
The wake of the Sea-Ship, after she passes-flashing and frolicsome, under the s
A motley procession, with many a fleck of foam, and many fragments,
Following the stately and rapid Ship-in the wake following.
How does the narrator's description of the sea in "An Episode from the Coast" differ fro
speaker's description in "After the Sea-Ship"?
In paragraph 1 of "An Episode from the Coast" the narrator describes the sea as
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while in "After the Sea-Ship" the speaker describes it as
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Answer 1

The narrator's description of the sea in 'An Episode from the Coast' is turbulent and angry, while the speaker's description in 'After the Sea-Ship' is more playful and lively.

Step-by-step explanation:

The narrator's description of the sea in Walt Whitman's poem, 'An Episode from the Coast,' differs from the speaker's description in 'After the Sea-Ship.'

In 'An Episode from the Coast,' the narrator describes the sea as 'heaving and moaning' and 'angry' with 'wild bursts of laughter,' invoking a sense of turbulence and agitation.

On the other hand, in 'After the Sea-Ship,' the speaker describes the sea as 'bubbling and gurgling' and 'laughing and buoyant,' creating a more playful and lively image of the ocean.

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