Watching for dolphins

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Watching for dolphins

Quotations

-”Prepared to land in the city.”

It represents the sadness of the people, as they haven’t seen the dolphins and now they are going again to their ordinary lives in the city .

-”All, unaccustomed, wanted epiphany,”

The passengers in the ferry were waiting epiphany, that is to say the revelation or manifestation of the admirable dolphins among the people.

Poetic devices

Alliteration

Movements in the sea (s). “smiling, snub-nosed” “Sat in a silent school”.

Enjambment

It makes the poem fell violent, which could represent the rough of the sea.

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line or a stanza.

Religion

Pointedly the word epiphany means a manifestation of the Divine or supernatural.

People on the ferry were waiting epiphany, that is to say the revelation or manifestation of the dolphins

Praying is repeated as prayed, and the cymbal, gong and drum are instruments used in religious ceremonies.

There’s a religious point of view in stanzas four and five.

Setting

It takes place in the Aegean sea.

It has always been a busy sea, human activity such as war, commerce and tourism have caused a bad impact on it.

That's why the author describes this sea as abused.

Symbol

Dolphin

Finally, the passengers felt disappointed of not seeing dolphins and returning to their normal lives.

People had had great expectations on the appearance of the admirable dolphins.

The entire poem goes around the passengers desire to see dolphins.