The poem "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow presents an indifferent attitude toward death, as it portrays the cycle of life continuing regardless of individual mortality. The repetition of the tide rising and falling symbolizes the endless nature of life and death, suggesting a sense of inevitability and acceptance.
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls was written 3 years before Longfellow's death, in 1879.
The mood of Longfellow's poem entitled The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls is accepting. It is accepting death and the fact that everyone will die someday.
the death of a person and the way life and nature goes on afterwards.
In "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls," details like the setting sun, the disappearing footprints, and the incoming tide suggest that the traveler is nearing death. The repetition of the tide rising and falling symbolizes the cyclical nature of life and death, hinting at the traveler's imminent passing.
It's an example of life's walk and how our efforts made through it can be effaced after death; as the waves undid the footprints on the sand.
People tend to think a tide is the moon pulling the water. Or they think that the tides move in and out. They are wrong. A tide is a vertical displacement of water. The surface level of the sea moves up and down. As most beaches are gently sloped the water looks like it is moving in, but no, its rising up and down. Sure the moon and the sun's gravitational pull explains the cause, but that is just the cause, and not what it is.
He drowns
The curlew calls at Twilight.
D. Cinquains
the ebb tide
In "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, nature is portrayed as eternal and indifferent to human existence. The repetition of the tide rising and falling symbolizes the cyclical nature of life and death, highlighting how humans come and go while nature endures. Through this poem, Longfellow conveys the idea that nature continues its rhythm regardless of human presence, serving as a reminder of our mortality.
the traveler dies