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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most popular poets of American Literature. ... “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls,” on page one hundred seventy-seven by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, deserves analysis and personal comment.
In “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls,” the speaker, setting or occasion, message, and tone deserve analysis and personal comment. The poem’s speaker seems to be omniscient. ... This was perhaps influenced by Longfellow’s experience growing up near the shore. ... He might think that he is altering some domino effect of life’s events. ... The new day doesn’t remember the man’s footprints. The poem’s message is that tomorrow holds no memory for yesterday’s existence. ...
The poetic devices in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls,” deserve analysis and personal comment. Alliteration, the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby or adjoining words, is used in Longfellow’s poem. ... An example of this is, “The tide rises, the tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls” (177, ln. ... This implies that the wave’s hands erasing the footprints are actually the current coming shoreward.
Approximate Word count = 870
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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