"What's the function of the "The Lee Shore?" Why is this a memorial to Bulkington? In what ways does he serve as a foil for Ishmael? Why isn't his story told?

The "loom," weaving, and making mats.

Imagery of lines, interconnectedness, community, and danger

Water meditations and man's attraction to water

Ishmael's curiosity about and tolerance for human motivation

Ishmael as an actor in a drama not of his choosing; the stage as metaphor

The white whale and foreshadowings of his presence

Community and isolation; the "Isolato"; solitude

The quest

Interpretation, translation, and "reading" correctly

Madness and monomania

The nature of God and man

Finding and losing the self (Narcissus

Explanation:

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover".