Can you please help give the summary interpretation of this poem?

Question

The Sea (Poetry)
By Natividad Marquez

Why does the Sea laugh, Mother
As it glints beneath the sun?

Is it thinking of the joy, my child
That it wishes every one.

Why does the sea sob so, mother
As it breaks on the rocky shore?

It recalls the sorrows of the world,
And weeps forever more.

Why is the sea so peaceful, Mother
As if it were fast asleep?

It would give our heart, dearest child
The comfort of the deep

The End.

P.S. Thanks

Answer 1

I think the writer is expressing the various feelings that we expereince in our lives. There is laughter, joy, weeping sometimes and that is life otherwise it would be boring.

Answer 2

the mother explains to the child: sea is like a human: joy of the childhood (glints beneath the sun, just imagine the joy of a child), the sorrow in life, and the peace of death

Answer 3

I think in this poem the sea is a kind of "spokesperson" for life on earth. When life is good, it laughs. On the other hand people are in pain, starving, at war and all that bad stuff, which makes the sea sad for the people on Earth. But, knowing that this will pass (maybe through death), it feels some comfort. This is my first impression. Good luck.

Answer 4

I see a mother and her child sitting on the shore. The child is snuggling back on his mother's bosom. She is supporting his weight. He is asking questions a child would ask, with open simplicity and wonder. She is answering from the resources of her tempered heart.