An atlas is a book of maps thus making it the collective noun
An Open Boat by Alfred Noyes See - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses,
The cloud of white faces, in the black open boat,
The literary device used in these lines is personification to give the foam a human quality.
Through the characterization of sea as humanistic, animalistic and deistic, Crane profoundly believes that the sea is indifferent to human’s plight. Narrator describes the development of sea as earlier it “snarls, hisses, and bucks like a bronco” and later it purely “paces to and fro,”. This depicts that the sea can be both hurtful and helpful, sea doesn’t change its motivation in the light of men’s struggle nor it can be understood.
I am so sorry that I couldn’t attend your birthday party, I just have a lot of things going on and I’m trying to keep my family safe during this pandemic I hope you can understand my situation, although I wish you a happy # birthday, have a great day.
One way I would write a letter on why I couldn’t attend someone’s birthday
After Paul ate too much ice cream, his stomach began to hurt.