Diving into the Wreck
Diving into the Wreck
by Adrienne Rich

Diving into the Wreck Quotes

Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.

Exploration Quotes

not like Cousteau with his assiduous team (line 8)

Man and the Natural World Quotes

the blue light/ the clear atoms of our human air (lines 25-27)

Transformation Quotes

I crawl like an insect down the ladder (line 30)

Gender Quotes

the mermaid whose dark hair streams black, the merman in his armored body (lines 72-73)