tied to the words chosen). Often‚ this is where you will see the shift in a poem if one is present. 5th reading – THEME: On the last reading‚ you are now trying to determine the poem’s theme—the poet’s message or observation to the reader about life‚ society‚ or human nature. You can only do this step after decoding/analyzing the poem in its entirety. Analyze the the poem‚ using the DFTT approach modeled above. 1) Decode the poem into its literal meaning. 2) Identify examples of
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is no life after death or that once we are dead everything from our life is gone. This is completely wrong. Our death should reflect our life. Yes‚ death is inevitable. It is one of the only sure things in life. The thing that should matter is that we need to live our life as if any moment our precious life could be over. Life can be long or short‚ we need to live it to the fullest‚ and expect it at any time. Every person on this planet will die at one time but it is what we do during our life that
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“The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” the poem of my choice in interest. I have chosen this poem because I like how it makes me feel accurate on life‚ and how they compare the tides of the ocean to life. It’s interesting‚ it has caught my attention in many different ways‚ like how it’s written. I like everything about this poem‚ it’s probably the best poem I’ve read in my whole life‚ and no it’s not the only poem I’ve read in my life! It can also be true‚ but no‚ i actually like poetry‚ and this poem
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People can often get lost in their hectic lives and forget how just being in the presence of nature can affect them greatly. The romantic poems are called The Tide Rises The Tide Falls‚ The First Snowfall‚ and The Chambered Nautilus. The Tide Rises The Tide Falls‚ Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ is about how nature will always go on no matter what happens to people. The First Snowfall is written by James Russell Lowell. It is about a father who is dealing with the passing of his daughter.
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In the poems “The First Snowfall” and “The Tide Rises‚ The Tide Falls” many different perspectives are portrayed. Lowell and Longfellow both incorporated the elements of nature into their work. In Addition‚ Lowell was had more of a puritan outlook in his poems; while the outlook of Longfellow’s pieces were darker. These perspectives make the literature similar yet different in a few ways. The “The First Snowfall” is about death of a man’s daughter. He shows sadness and grief due to the death; although
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The poem “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls “ is written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . Henry is an American writer born in Portland‚ Maine‚ which was then a part of Massachusetts.In the poem he describes that the tide will rise but will always fall and never again return to the same spot‚ as in life we will live strong but we will all fall and never return exactly to where we were before. This poem talks about the ways that life continues whatever happens. He was exhibiting the way
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ocean display and portray the most powerful forces on earth. This proposal is represented in the poem “The Tide Rises‚ Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In the poem the ocean is a symbol for life. In reality‚ the ocean contains up and down movements that cannot be stopped. This relates to humans living life and dying‚ as the pattern continuously repeats itself. In other words‚ Life is a cycle‚ it will keep recurring and the time will not wait on anybody no matter what happens. From an early
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appealed to me‚ because it was short and concise. As I read and analyzed the poem I really liked the theme and the repetition of the poem. “the tide rises‚ the tide falls”‚ was a repetitive phrase in the poem. The phrase indicates the theme‚ that the tide will always rise and fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ the author of “The Tide Rises The Tide Falls”‚ may have been conveying an allusion that there are some things are constant in the world. I also liked that there was a rhyme scheme. I learned
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During his life‚ Longfellow was a well-known and famous poet. He received degrees from Cambridge and Oxford and was often visited by renowned figures from both America and Europe. He was so popular that his birthday was celebrated by many Americans (Allaback) and after his death he even had a bust of himself “placed in Westminster Abbey with the greatest English poets” (’Footprints on the sands of time’). After his death‚ his work began to be viewed as unimpressive. A big reason for this change
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important part of life‚ people try to avoid the topic altogether because it gives them discomfort. Because it is such an important subject‚ one must break the awkward silence and address the topic. Longfellow makes death seem like a natural thing which must come to all living things through his rich comparisons to nature and ordinary life. In “The Tide Rises‚ The Tide Falls” he compares the continuous rising and falling of tides to a nameless traveler‚ and in his poem‚ “Nature” he compares nature and
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