Re-Reflection of Meeting at Night and Parting at Morning

The poem is written in a sailor's perspective who is secretly meeting his lover. Browning describes the nature and the moon over the water as he sails to meet her. He is filled with joy to see her on the farm, yet filled with fears because he does not want to get caught. The second poem by Browning is written in the woman's perspective. She is watching him part to go back to sea, wishing she could go with him because she needs him and wants to be free. The need for a world of men symbolizes her want for independence, not to be working on a farm, but to be with her lover, the sailor.