Ocean Of Earth by Guillaume Apollinaire

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/guillaume-apollinaire  (link for picture)

About Guillaume Apollinaire

• Guillaume was born in Rome to Polish woman and a mystery man who is rumored to be an Italian soldier or a member of the church.
•  When he was younger he traveled Europe, and after finishing school he settled down in Paris, France.
•  In Paris he worked as a bank clerk. He also a big supporter of artists like Picasso, Georges Braque, Henri Rousseau, and Marcel Duchamp.
• This may have been one of the reasons why he was wrongly suspected of stealing the Mona Lisa in 1911 and was in jail for 6 days.
• In 1914 he joined the French army, and volunteered to fight in World War 1. 
• He suffered a head wound in 1916 and was sent back to Paris
• He never fully recovered from the head wound and died of influenza two days before Armistice day

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/guillaume-apollinaire  (Link for Bio)

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/250920 (link for poem)
The speaker in the poem "Ocean of Earth" is in first person. The speaker is telling the audience all about what you have to watch out for in their underwater home which could symbolize that the speaker may have a bad home life.

"Its windows are the rivers flowing from my eyes"(2) In this quote you see that the speaker has cried so much that it's made holes in the walls, this might mean that the speaker feels overwhelming sadness.
"Watch out for the dropping of the anchor"(10) In this quote we can see an anchor dropping in the home, this may mean that unexpected things that cause havoc may occur in the home.

" The airplanes are laying eggs" This personification of airplanes may mean that people are coming into the house from everywhere.
"The sky’s honeysuckle is climbing" This personification of the sky's honeysuckle may symbolize the speaker trying to escape or "climb" away from the house.

At first when you read the poem it seams light, but if you look deeper into the poem you can see that the poem has a much darker tone to it. The speaker talks about all of these dangers in the home you need to watch out for. The overall tone of the poem seems to be sorrow.

The theme of this poem is home may not always be a safe place. When the speaker talks about things falling from the sky that you have to watch out for. The speaker also talks about how Octopi are climbing along the walls which can symbolize people who are draining the speaker emotionally. This home that the speaker has built is a prison for the speaker that they're trying to escape.