Comparision Of Sea Fever & Disevolvong

1. Sea-Fever
I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
By John Masefield (1878-1967). Poet Laureate 1930-1967

2. Disevolving
As a child it was fun
To spring from towels. Aiming straight to the sea.
And have it wrestle me,
My quick stride quenched to slow-motion,
Until - at wait-high -
I could make better going
Bu lifting up horizontal
And flapping my limbs
Fish-wise.
By Joseph Johnson

3. •Blank verse
•One rhyme ‘me’
and ‘sea’
•Rhyming
•Quatrain set out in
rhyming couplets
Type of poem
Disevolving
by Joseph Johnson
Sea Fever
by John Masefield

4. •A child trying to
move in the sea
•Narrator
remembering
what it was like
•Someone who wants
to go to the sea again
•Memories of what
will be found at sea
•What the narrator
wants to experience
again
Subject of the
poem
Disevolving
by Joseph Johnson
Sea Fever
by John Masefield

5. •Good description
of what actually
happens when
moving in the sea
•Interesting title-
wordplay.
•Strong rhythm
helped by repeated
phrases
•A these which
appeals to many
people
Strengths
Disevolving
by Joseph Johnson
Sea Fever
by John Masefield

6. •Read aloud, not
so obvious it is a
poem
•Last line ‘when the
long trick’s over’
difficult to understand
compared to rest of
poem
Weaknesses
Disevolving
by Joseph Johnson
Sea Fever
by John Masefield

7. •Makes reader
think and work
out what ‘lifting
up horizontal and
flapping limbs
fishwise’ means
•Makes the reader
feel excited about the
prospect of going to
the sea
•Seen also in the title
“Sea Fever”
•Optimistic
Mood
Disevolving
by Joseph Johnson
Sea Fever
by John Masefield

8. •Appeals because
it has happened to
everyone who has
tries to move in
the sea.
•Easy to read
•Easy rhyme
•Appears to have a
melody as though it could
be the lyrics of a song
•Something that lots of
people would also like to
do
•It is easy to get into your
head,
Appeal to the
reader
Disevolving
by Joseph Johnson
Sea Fever
by John Masefield

9. Sea Fever by John Masefield Disevolving by Joseph Johnson
Type of poem •Rhyming
•Quatrain set out in rhyming couplets
•Blank verse
One rhyme ‘me’ and ‘sea’
Subject of the
poem
•Someone who wants to go to the sea
again
•Memories of what will be found at sea
•What the narrator wants to experience
•A child trying to move in the sea
•Narrator remembering what it was
like
Strengths •Strong rhythm helped by repeated
phrases
•A these which appeals to many people
•Good description of what actually
happens when moving in the sea
•Interesting title- wordplay.
Weaknesses •Last line difficult to understand
compared to rest of poem
•Read aloud, not so obvious it is a
poem
Mood
Makes the reader feel excited about the
prospect of going to the sea
•Seen also in the title “Sea Fever”
•Optimistic
•Makes reader think and work out
what ‘lifting up horizontal and
flapping limbs fishwise’ means
Appeal to the
reader.
•Easy to read with an easy rhyme
•Appears to have a melody as though it
could be the lyrics of a song
•Something that lots of people would
also like to do
•It is easy to get into your head
Appeals because it has happened to
everyone who has tries to move in
the sea.