Oh salty sea, how much of your salt / is tears from Portugal
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The sea's salt is linked to national sorrow. It uses nature to express collective grief or longing.
- In plain terms
- The ocean holds the tears of the nation.
- What can you take from it?
- Nature can mirror our collective sadness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does nature reflect us?
- What is the sea crying?
Another view
It relies on a specific cultural context to fully land.
More from Fernando Pessoa
Here lies, in the small extreme beach, the Captain Of The End.
Permalink to quote #11 Everything is worthwhile / if the soul isn't small.
Permalink to quote #13 The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman: / the endless sea is portuguese.
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