Line 12 - Again, he notes that the land and country will change, but it will still remain close to what it is today.

Line 13 - This line talks about creation and the birth of Earth, just as the poem celebrates creation and the birth of a building.

Line 14 - This line continues the theme of creation, using a metaphor of "Orion in December" to describe the theme of creation, rebirth, and permanence at the same time.

Line 15 - This beautiful line uses phrase and simile to create a beautiful illusion. "Evenings was strung in the throat of the valley like a lamp-lighted bridge" (Jeffers 15), and the image of the "throat" of the valley makes it seem delicate and beautiful at the same time.

Line 16 - This line brings the reader back to the house and the coastline, and the permanence of the ocean and the "white gulls" (Jeffers 16).

Line 17 - This line completes line 16 and contains the image of the gulls "weaving a dance over blue water," something that just about everyone has seen and can identify with, and so, it creates a mental image, like many of the images of this poem manage to do. The moon is waning, too, which could mean Jeffers believes he is coming to the end of his life, or the end of the poem.

Line 18 - This line seems to strengthen the idea of the last line, that something is ending, because the gulls' "dance-companion" is a "ghost walking," indicating...

This indicates that he believes that he will live on in the building he has created, even if he is not physically there, he and his art will live on inside the walls he created.
Line 21 - Again, the poem returns to the granite foundation of the house, with Jeffers saying his ghost will be "deep in the granite, not dancing on wind" (Jeffers 21). He knows that he will never leave this place because he loves it too much, and his soul will always remain there, long after he is gone.

Line 22 - the final line of the poem returns to the imagery of "mad wings" and "day moon" that fill this poem and make it memorable. This is a quiet ending to a powerful poem, as powerful as the granite that fills the poem with strong and stately images.

In conclusion, Jeffers pours out his love for the home he created and indicates that the strength of its foundations will stand the test of time, along with the land where it is situated. This is a powerful poem filled with vivid imagery and lyrical language that brings it alive…