The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS
BY: HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW- MACKENZIE CONLEY B3
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
SPEAKER
THE SPEAKER IS A PERSON WHO AWAITS THE TRAVELER ON THE SHORE
TONE
THE TONE IS OF THIS POEM IS VERY ACCEPTING AND CALMING.
MOOD
THE USE OF THE OCEAN IN THIS POEM PROVIDES FOR TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY.
LITERARY DEVICES
PERSONIFICATON, IMAGERY, SYMBOLISM, ALLITERATION
EXAMPLE OF PERSONIFICATION
"THE LITTLE WAVES WITH THEIR SOFT WHITE HANDS"
EXAMPLE OF ALLITERATION
"STEEDS IN THEIR STALLS STAMP AND NEIGH"
EXAMPLE OF SYMBOLISM
THE RISING AND FALLING OF THE TIDE SYMBOLIZES THE HUMAN LIFE CYCLE.
Photo by Jesse Wagstaff
Theme:
The cycle of life and death is inevitable as predicated by the rising and falling of the tides. After we die, life will go on just the same without us.
ABOUT THE POET
- Born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, ME
- Studied at Bowdoin College
- Longfellow became a professor of French and Spanish at Harvard University
- He married and fathered six children
- Fireside poet and author of "Paul Revere's Ride"
