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The Royal Pavilion in Brighton exemplifies the extravagant tastes of the Prince Regent. His primary residence in London is further proof of this, renovated for vast amounts of money that often outraged the British public.

Contrast of being at sea and being in port represents contrast of safety and danger/longing.

The langauge and rhyme scheme of the poem give the poem a feeling of great motion.