Mr Walcott writes of places seen with an imagistic crispness, a snapshot-spareness; "fields of seaweed [that] reach as far as Guinea" is his view of the Atlantic Ocean.

沃尔科特所描写的地方，意象简洁、清冽，捕捉霎时荒凉之感。“海藻塘片片，延伸至那遥不可及的几内亚”是他眼中的大西洋。