Blog post #4 topic 2

“Diving into the Wreck” is a metaphor-rich poem of ten stanzas written in free verse. In the poem, the writer portrays the mission of the speaker in her investigation of the submerged ship in order to find the reason for the debacle and rescuing the fortunes that had remained. In her arrangement to dive, she charmed herself in the "book of myths" to guide her in spite of the fact that she understands she should abandon the book in order to increase coordinate learning. On closer examination, the poem is an extended metaphor and this is depicted through the language and other literary devices used to structure it.

“The wreck” is the title image of the poem and is an extended metaphor that carries a lot of weight. In reality, the wreck alludes to an actual object which is a sunken ship that the diver is attempting to reach. However, it also seems to allude to other kinds of metaphors. The narrator says, “ I came to explore the wreck”. The wreck can be considered to be a metaphor for difficulties that human encounters with. In some form of way, the wreck in this regard is a representation of the remains of events or disasters that have changed the lives of a human being. All disasters leave behind some form of wreckage, which the person can always come back to (something that one can always dive to for reflection). Additionally, the narrator exemplifies 'the wreck' when he alludes to its "ribs". The ribs allude to the strong beams that make up the frame of the boat. Be that as it may, in this regard the "ribs" can't resist the opportunity to make reader think that there is a human bodies that are floating around in the ocean. The representation of the wreck and the symbolism seen here amplifies the illustration of the wreck that adequately turns the disaster of the wreck to reverberate a human tragedy.

The phrase “to dive” has also been metaphorically used to explore various elements. At the literal level, “to dive” means the action of the narrator in which she actually dives to explore the remains of the wreckage in the ocean). Metaphorically, “to dive” means the indulgence of the narrator in exploring subjects bothering her mind, heart and the experience of life that have, for a reason or more, not been explored and examined). In this regard, it alludes to the process involved in exploring the surface, conscious levels of the mind and the daily realities encountered in life and the gradual descent into the deep subconscious levels that have largely been neglected, repressed and suffered distortion in the course of time. The schooner (a part of the sailing ship), on which the narrator stands is a metaphor for the everyday world as it exists. The water into which he dives is a representation of the deeper levels of the mind of the narrator. The discovered components of the ship are a representation of the elements of the inner self and psyche that have not been acknowledged by the conscious mind.

In sum, the poem is an extension of metaphor in the way it symbolizes human tragedy and the exploration of the inner self of an individual. The wreck symbolizes human tragedy or disaster and what remains after it has happened. Diving helps in recovering and salvaging the unconscious parts of the individual that have not been explored which are significant in helping the person take on life more confidently.