What do you think of this poem?

Question

Often beneath the wave, wide from this ledge
The dice of drowned men's bones he saw bequeath
An embassy. Their numbers as he watched,
Beat on the dusty shore and were obscured.

And wrecks passed without sound of bells,
The calyx of death's bounty giving back
A scattered chapter, livid hieroglyph,
The portent wound in corridors of shells.

Then in the circuit calm of one vast coil,
Its lashings charmed and malice reconciled,
Frosted eyes there were that lifted altars;
And silent answers crept across the stars.

Compass, quadrant and sextant contrive
No farther tides . . . High in the azure steeps
Monody shall not wake the mariner.
This fabulous shadow only the sea keeps.

Answer 1

It's really good but difficult to understand it's true meaning. Is it about sailors???????????????????

Answer 2

For me a poem has to have rhythm. It does not unavoidably would desire to rhyme in spite of the shown fact that it needs to hit my thoughts. i think of readability of expression is considerable to boot. i don't desire to 2d guess what i'm examining approximately. I continuously seek for what I term "poetic gem stones"in the text cloth.

Answer 3

It's interesting. I think I'd like it better if I didn't need a dictionary more than once each couplet ( which I didn't get out)

I think the image still comes across.. kind of depressing/pensive.

But I think literature professors might like it.

Answer 4

I like this, but the grammar in the 3rd stanza is improper. It gives you something to think about.

Answer 5

too many big words.

best thing to do is imagine you have a camera in your hand and you are taking a snapshot - but instead use words.

Answer 6

ermmm... i think it is great... do you do it itself?

Answer 7

i like it but i am a bit confused about its meaning....
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cheers
jo