La Mer's composition created the representation of the movement of the sea through the use of rapidly alternating musical images. Analyzing the songs, De l'aube a midi su la mer starts from an initial dynamic construction, all the tension of the ascension suggests the rising of the sun. The composition gives a calm and ethereal tone with a fluid style. Light and airy like floating on a calm sea. The music ends with a majestic build and resolution, evoking the image of the vast sea with the afternoon sun shining. In comparison to Monet's painting, Arm of the Seine near Giverny, the depictions of still water reflect the calm and blissful tone of the main section of the movement. The pale color palette reiterates the "calm" present in the painting. Debussy's Je de vagues imitates the different types of waves that can form with quick, lively runs and trills with the characteristic instruments of the harp and flute, which help to reproduce an image of small ripples or light crashing waves. Later in the composition, there is an accumulation of crescendos and decrescendos that play the role of swelling waves. The sound of waves “crashing” is produced by the instrumentation of crash symbols. Regatta