Part 2: Poem related to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Barnacles
My soul is sailing through the sea,
But the Past is heavy and hindereth me.
The Past hath crusted cumbrous shellsÂ
That hold the flesh of cold sea mells
About my soul.
The huge waves wash, the high waves roll,
Each barnacle clingeth and worketh dole
And hindereth me from sailing!
Old Past let go, and drop i’ the sea
Till fathomless waters cover thee!
For I am living but thou art dead;
Thou drawest ack, I strive aheadÂ
The Day to find.
Thy shells unbind! Night comes behind,
I needs must hurry with the wind
And trim me best for sailing.
By: Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
I chose to relate The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to this poem because it talks about wanting to be free of the past, and that was what Huck tried to do by running away. He tried to escape everything bad going on, forget about it, and move on with his life. It was hard for Huck to escape the past because he always had to be careful and use fake names, Jim was in his past and they started traveling together, and he runs into Tom Sawyer’s family.
