The Poetry Research Paper

"Cargoes" is one of the most well-respected of John Masefield¡¦s poems. It is a very fascinating poem that describes different kinds of ships. Masefield had loved to see and write about ships when he took his first and only overseas voyage as a teenager. This trip left indestructible marks of his character and work. He use ingenious words on this poem and describe detailedly of the ships moving through water. This is a short …

…rural economy of people attached to land to an urban economy of people toiling in trade and manufacturing. Masefield comments on the passing of time through the description of three cargo-laden ships from three different periods of history. The beauty and romance of the past founder against the grimy industrial present in the last stanza. The poems quoted and referred to show verse more restrained and a very skillful discipleship of other older cunning artists.