Question

o water, voice of my heart, crying in the sand, all night long crying with a mournful cry, as i lie and listen, and cannot understand the voice of my heart in my side or the voice of the sea, o water, crying for rest, is it i, is it i? all night long the water is crying to me. unresting water, there shall never be rest till the last moon droop and the last tide fail, and the fire of the end begin to burn in the west; and the heart shall be weary and wonder and cry like the sea, all life long crying without avail, as the water all night long is crying to me. arthur symons, \the crying of water\ what effect does the poet create by dividing the poem into two stanzas? the symbolism in the first stanza foreshadows the speakers sense of internal conflict in the second stanza. the first stanza introduces cyclical moon and tide imagery that is further developed in the second stanza. the first and second stanza use a consistent rhyme scheme to emphasize the speakers soothing tone as he comforts the water.

Explanation:

The first stanza presents the water's "crying" and the speaker's self-questioning ("is it I?"), establishing internal conflict. The second stanza deepens this conflict with "Unresting water" and the heart "crying like the sea," showing the first stanza's symbolism foreshadows the second's internal conflict.

Answer:

The symbolism in the first stanza foreshadows the speaker's sense of internal conflict in the second stanza.