Question

What does the poet most likely wish to imply by using the analogy of a ship in this excerpt?


the human need for companionship


the immortality of the human soul


the grave of his deceased wife


death as a release from bondage

Answer 1

Gone from My Sight

by Henry Van Dyke (excerpt)

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me — not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying . . .

Answer 2

I got it its B