This poem is divided into sections that use vivid imagery to describe a journey of self-discovery. The speaker addresses an "oceanic daughter" as they search for meaning amidst fragmented symbols and landscapes. Over the course of the poem, the speaker comes to accept uncertainty and change as they shed their old identity and embrace an "unnamed world" that has blossomed within. By the end, the speaker finds they have become a "new world" of their own, emerging transformed from a long period of introspection.