At Melville's Tomb By Hart Crane

Hart Crane, a poet at heart, is the one who wrote the poem, “At Melville’s Tomb, an ode poem to Herman Melville. Herman Melville used to be a sailor when he was young and he also wrote the famous novel, “Moby Dick”. “At Melville’s Tomb” is a poem that talks about Herman Melville’s early life, and his death. The poem’s theme is about how the sea cannot take everything away from Melville. Crane uses symbolism, allusion, and even juxtaposition to help further explain the theme of the poem. In “At Melville’s Tomb” symbolism is a major component of the poem. Hart Crane uses the symbolism of the sea resembling death in the life of Herman Melville and the deaths that are all caused in the sea. Even though the sea is only referred to in the