Question

The poet longs for the company of a fellow rover cause

Answer 1

Answer:

John Edward Masefield was an English poet, writer and poet laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 till his death i.e. upto 1967. Sea Fever appears in his first book of collected works, ‘Salt Water Ballads’, published in 1902.

Explanation:

This poem is about the poet’s affection about the beautiful sea and it’s creature. The poet desperately wants to go to the lonely sea.He expresses his wish for the need of a sturdy ship to sail in the sea and a star to act as a guide in the darkness of night. At the breaking of dawn he wants to see the grey mist rise up from the sea.He also wishes that there would be strong winds making the white clouds fly.He wants to see the foamy waves and listen to the cry of sea-gulls.The last paragraph throws light on the fact that the poet would want to be like a wandering nomad.He would love to listen to entertaining tales from his fellow sailor and after the long journey he would like to have a good sleep and a sweet dream.