Dan quotes a poem that includes the line "flung spume and
blown spray". When Dana later refers to "blown spume", Dan corrects her, emphasizing that it's "flung spume and blown spray". In fact, the line is "flung spray and the blown spume". Also, despite the mention of Thoreau, Wordsword, Whitman, and Dylan Thomas as possible authors, the poem is actually "Sea-Fever" by John Masefield.