Question

“The sea, which appears to have changed less, washed their terribly transient feet.” – How does the poet contrast the girls’ ‘terribly transient feet’ with the sea?

Answer 1

All the girls standing on the beach have ‘terribly transient’ existence. They are mortal and suffer physical changes with the passage of time. The mother’s sweet face and her smile has disappeared years later. But the vast sea remains unchanged of seems ‘to have changed less’ in their comparison.