Answer:
This could mean/refer to as to if they don't get in trouble.
Explanation:
As they are on a boat, the captain is "soothing his children" they will "get ashore..." with a tone of little hope as suggested in the second stanza perceived as by someone else such as "the oiler" and "the cook".
My complaint is.
Littering on the beach. Too many people just throw their trash on the beach for someone else to clean up. Well no one will clean it up.It gets washed into the ocean where sea creatures can get to it. Then come along some innocent dolphins interested on whats lying in the ocean. They start playing with it and suddenly they get trapped in the trash. they could get badly hurt or even die. Just from people littering. So please any one whose reading this if you go to the beach any time soon. Don't litter and clean up other trash you see lying around.
A.it tells about a part of the narrators life using lines and verses
