The Sea
Where ships sail
The Sea is a literary or poetic way of referring to the ocean as a unified whole, often personified or treated as a singular force: He spent his life on the sea, the call of the sea.
The definite article elevates ordinary water into something vast and mythic.
Sailors speak of going to sea or putting out to sea.
In titles and proper names, it often appears capitalized: The Old Man and the Sea.
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- deep blueSaturated dark azure
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- high tideMaximum sea level
- saltSodium chloride compound
salty air · tide · shore · depths · foam · brine · coast · nautical · marine · seagulls · horizon · ships · sailing · coral · kelp · currents · storm · beach
- Zhukovsky WorksSvetlana, Lenore
- sea poetrysailor songs, Dover Beach, Old Ironsides, siren songs