The image of the starfish symbolizes Wheatley's writings. The starfish not only thrives in turbulent ocean environments, it also can regenerate itself. Instead of struggling with the different types of ocean waters, the starfish has adapted itself to fit in anywhere from the deep to the shallow seas. It has adapted so well that there are over 1,300 known varities. The starfish is in such harmony with the sea that it does not use blood for circulation, but rather filtered ocean water. It lives with the environment. Amazingly, the starfish can also regenerate a leg if one is broken off. Some species can even regenate the entire body from a only a leg, a perfect example of the whole being found in the part. The word that does stand out is harmony. Not a static harmony that is only found when the tides are calm and the weather is clear, but a harmony that is constant and yet mutable. The starfish is the terrestrial based microcosm that reflects the stars in the celestial seas at the edge of our knowledge of the universe: "We are such stuff as stars are made of..."