Water plays a significant role in rock erosion since it’s<u> able to move these weathered materials from one point to another</u>. Moving water such as currents in oceans or rivers plays a significant role in erosion because they <u>move materials from their primary source to a separate location</u>.
It is the only line centered around death and the main focus (being the captain) and it's just mostly obvious context clues. Don't stress out the poems, they're easy if you don't think too hard on them.