She also implies that he is attempting to take something from the sea by viewing it. She does so by countering “taking” in line 2 with the verb “give” in line 5. The man’s arrogant attempt to claim nature by gazing on it is ultimately foiled, because “the sea has nothing to give but a well excavated grave” (Moore 5). The man wants to stand in the middle of everything but he literally cannot stand in the middle of the sea because it is liquid. Moore uses a metaphor to compare the sea to a “well excavated grave.” This introduces the idea that the man’s project is dangerous. He wants to claim the sea by gazing on it, but he is ignorant of the fact that what he actually looks on is a
She also implies that he is attempting to take something from the sea by viewing it. She does so by countering “taking” in line 2 with the verb “give” in line 5. The man’s arrogant attempt to claim nature by gazing on it is ultimately foiled, because “the sea has nothing to give but a well excavated grave” (Moore 5). The man wants to stand in the middle of everything but he literally cannot stand in the middle of the sea because it is liquid. Moore uses a metaphor to compare the sea to a “well excavated grave.” This introduces the idea that the man’s project is dangerous. He wants to claim the sea by gazing on it, but he is ignorant of the fact that what he actually looks on is a