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(2) Sea Level

Frost only gives us 14 lines to grapple with, but it's not all perfectly flat terrain here. There are a couple of head-scratching lines toward the end ("fact is the sweetest dream"). Ultimately, though, the poem works on both a literal level and a metaphorical one, making for a pretty easy trek.