Lobsters

        In the poem "Lobsters" by Howard Nemerov, two lines drew my attention. The words "There's something underneath the world. The flame beneath the pot that boils the water."confused me and seemed to have no definite meaning. Sure they could be interpreted in an infinite many ways, but I wanted to know what Howard meant when he wrote them.Shouldn't the final lines of a poem be the most meaningful? shouldn't they hold the most symbolic weight? In "Lobsters" they obviously did and yet they didn't seem to be much of a issue for anyone else. Instead the main theme of our discussion was trying to understand Nemerov's reason for using the specific names of colors to describe lobsters. Colors? Really people? Now, I understand that these colors also carried symbolic weight, but enough to over shadow Howard Nemerov's ideas on the world and the meaning for life? I don't think so. I wish that someone could help  me interpret his words. Perhaps then we could get an entire new outlook on his poem.
       I am still lost on the exact meaning behind what he wrote. i wish I knew more about him so I could understand his motives. Was as he a religious man who steadfastly believed in Hell? Or was he eluding to the great enormity of the world? When he said that there was something boiling under the world did he mean that there was a liquid, molten iron and copper alloy? Or was he speaking of mans need to do and achieve?Theses two lines were very nearly not spoken of, and this confused me further. None of my questions were answered in the discussion.