Poetry Analysis: Land and Nature

• Encouragement was given, and the land was pointed out

• An incoming wave will carry them to shore soon

• The land encountered seemed to always be afternoon

• Languid air swooned around the coast

• The air breathed like one having a weary dream

• The moon was full-faced above the valley

• The slender stream seemed to fall and pause like downward smoke along the cliff

• The land had streams, some like slow-dropping veils

• Some streams broke through wavering lights and shadows

• The streams rolled a slumbrous sheet of foam below

• They saw the gleaming river flow seaward from the inner land

• Far off, three mountain-tops stood

• The mountain-tops were silent pinnacles of aged snow

• The mountain-tops were sunset-flushed

• The shadowy pine climbed above the woven copse, dewed with showery drops

• The charmed sunset lingered low in the red West

• The dale was seen far inland through mountain clefts

• The yellow down was bordered with palm

• There was many a winding vale and meadow, set with slender galingale

• It was a land where all things always seemed the same

• Around the keel, the mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters came with pale, dark faces against that rosy flame

• They bore branches of that enchanted stem, laden with flower and fruit

• Whoever received and tasted them, the gushing of the wave seemed to mourn and rave on alien shores

• If his fellow spoke, his voice was thin, as voices from the grave

• Those who ate of the plant seemed deep-asleep, yet all awake

• The beating heart made music

• They sat on the yellow sand, between the sun and moon

• It was sweet to dream of Fatherland, of child, and wife, and slave

• The sea seemed weary, as was the oar, and the wandering fields of barren foam

• Someone said they would return no more

• They sang that their island home was far beyond the wave and that they would no longer roam

Analysis of descriptive poetry focusing on land, nature, and sensory experiences. The verses depict scenes with languid air, streams, mountains, and sunsets, emphasizing visual and auditory imagery. The poetry uses rich language to evoke a vivid sense of place and time.