TPCASTT Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Ocean

The Ocean

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Ocean has its silent caves,

Deep, quiet, and alone;

Though there be fury on the waves,

Beneath them there is none.

The awful spirits of the deep

Hold their communion there;

And there are those for who we weep,

The young, the bright, the fair.

Calmly the wearied seamen rest

Beneath their own blue sea.

The ocean solitudes are blest,

For there is purity.

The earth has guilt, the earth has care,

Unquiet are its graves;

But peaceful sleep is ever there,

Beneath the dark blue waves. 

TPCASTT Analysis

Title	At first after reading the title, I predicted this poem would be about feelings of emptiness or sadness that are so deep with ocean as a metaphor.
Paraphrase	There are quiet caves in the ocean. Deep, silent, and solitary; Even if the waves are raging, There is nothing beneath them.   The dreadful deep spirits There, they can have their communion. There are also those for whom we grieve. The adolescent, the cheerful, the righteous   The weary seamen relaxes calmly. Their own blue sea underneath them. The serenity of the ocean is a blessing, Because there is purity.   The earth is guilty, and the earth is concerned. Its tombs are eerily quiet. However, restful slumber is never there Underneath the ominous dark blue waters.
Connotation	Rhyme scheme: ABABCDCD Metaphor: - Caves: Refers to the graves - Fury: Refers to the existence/life   Symbolism: - Rest and sleep: The words ''Rest" and "Sleep" here is a representative of the death - Blue sea: The word "Blue sea" here as a representative of heaven or nirvana   Symbolism and metaphors: - The ocean solitude are blest: The solitude of the ocean is considered the only blessing or gift for the marines who are buried in this sea.  If the gifts for others who are buried on the earth there are prayers and flowers, then the only gift for sailors is solitude in this ocean.
Attitude	The attitude used is serious, melancholic, sarcastic, sorrowful, relieved, ironic, and guilty.  This tone describes how the author tells about the ocean that so deep and wide as a graveyard for sailors, without tombstones and garlands.  Even though there is so much life up there, there is nothing for the people we cry over.  Even so the sailors could rest in peace and have their own paradise.
Shifts	Line 2 to 3: Line 2 end with melancholy tone, tone shifts to sarcastic in line 3, which end with serious tone. Line 3 to 4: Line 3 end with serious tone, tone shifts to sorrow in line 4, which end with sorrow tone. Line 9 to 10: Line 9 end with relieved tone, tone shifts in line 10, which end with sorrow tone. Line 10 to 11: Line 10 end with sorrow tone, tone shifts in line 11, which end with irony tone. Line 13 to 14: Line 13 end with guilty tone, tone shifts in line 14, which end with sorrow tone Line 14 to 15: Line 14 end with sorrow tone, tone shifts in line 15, which end with relieved tone.
Title	After reading the poem to the end, I realized that the title of this poem refers to a grave without a tombstone or a wreath that is just an ocean.  The ocean that so wide and deep that it became a graveyard for sailors.
Theme	The theme is death and isolation for sailors.  Isolation here means because the last place for the sailors to rest is in a sea that is so deep, wide and far from other human life

ZAHWA A. M.

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