I. Intro
A. The Edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place
B. She describe the shore of the sea in general. Specifically, she talks about different places at the edge of the sea: a tidal pool, the mud flats of the Georgia Cost, and the mangrove-lined coast of southwestern Florida
C. Wonder, Enjoyment and Fascination
D. people who like nature
E. The shore is a world that keeps alive the sense of continuing creation and of the relentless drive of life. Each time that I enter it, I gain some new awareness of its beauty and its deeper meaning, sensing that intricate fabric of life by which one creature is linked with another, and each with its surroundings. In other words, The beauty of nature makes people want to explore its mysteries.
II. Although the …show more content…
She explains ebb tide and flood tide to show the dual nature of the shore. She argues that only the most hardy and adaptable can survive in such a mutable region. She gives a detailed description of the places that she refers to as "every conceivable niche" to show the existence of life.
B. Parallelism, antithesis, multisensory details, personification, simile, metaphor
C. These paragraphs set the case for her argument, as she describes how life exists in such a mutable environment.
III. The poignant beauty of things is ephemeral, existing only for a short time and space.
A. She describes the pool hidden within a cave that one can visit only rarely and briefly. She refers the pool as "fairy pool," "as one place that stands apart for its revelation of exquisite beauty," "magical zone." She vividly describes the "delicately beautiful" plants and animals.
B. parallelism, personification, simile, metaphors, multisensory details,
C. These paragraphs describe her experiences to the water cave. Her descriptions reveal the beauty and deeper meaning
IV. Although life is delicate and destructible, incredibly vital force somehow folds its place amid the hard realities of the inorganic