Within the context of the poem, the line presented in the question above shows how the fishermen's work is long and dominates their entire day.
Although you don't show, we can see, from the context of your question, that you are referring to the poem "Waters" written by Anne Sexton.
When reading this poem, we can see that:
Despite the long journey, we can see that the fisherman is not saddened, on the contrary, he is passionate about what his work allows him to observe.
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