In the poem‚ “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the poem “Thanatopsis” written by William Cullen Bryant‚ two different ways in which one may view may view death is established. In “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls” Longfellow’s diction‚ imagery and figurative language help to create a tone of eeriness. While in Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” he creates a more peaceful/calming tone. In Longfellow’s poem his use of imagery such as “The sea in the darkness” and
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as the tide falls it has erased the footprints that once remained. 6. I think Longfellow’s poem can be referring to many travelers because every day the tide rises and falls and the sun rises and sets and over time countless travelers will travel to the town leaving their footprints to be erased by the tides. 7. Longfellow uses personification in the second stanza by saying “The little waves‚ with their soft‚ white hands efface the footprints in the sands…” 8. The first stanza shows the
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experience. The story is begun in the second person‚ having the reader imagine himself in a certain situation‚ saying “Say you’re a kid‚ and one dark night you’re running along the cold sand with this helicopter in your hand” (79). It goes on to describe the kid’s interactions with a sick man who is buried in the sand. On page 91‚
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problems Canada could face due to the Alberta tar sands. Nikiforuk is a credited journalist who has won seven National Magazine awards and awards from the Association of Canadian Journalist. He writes passionately about the major effects that mining bitumen and long term consequences of the tar sands in Alberta. His articles has a bias and is written in a pessimistic tone against the tar sands‚ but is justified with concrete evidence. The tar sands
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give a blissful feeling. Some people find the sounds of the birds flying above them in the slight breeze very calming. As for me‚ I find them both very soothing. There are many things to feel at the beach. The sensation of lying on the hot‚ soft sand melts away any feeling of stress. The feeling of the bright sunrays hitting your skin but yet you are getting a light breeze putting your body at perfect temperature. Maybe in reward‚ you could always take a cool swim in the huge deep blue sea if
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I have chosen this poem to write about because the poem seems to be giving a clear message about how life can be taken away from you and death can come at anytime. This poem interest me because Henry Longfellow explains how people should not waste their life away‚ but instead takes advantage of their life. I like this poem because I was able to understand the poem’s meaning and it helped me understand how I and everyone else shouldn’t waste the life they have because today may be their last day and
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could walk for miles on the sand as it is ongoing never ending. While your feet sink in the sand I can ponder the peacefulness around me. The way the two rocks were hit by the glowing sunrise set a reflection of crystals in the clear water. There was a slight misty breeze‚ as I walked along the water. The Oregon coast is my sanctuary with the two most beautiful rocks that stood on the edge of the unknown below them. Waves would rush up to my feet carrying the sand in between my toes. As I lifted
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it comes to everyone. The author also wishes to show that death is just another part of life and nature. The poem talks about a traveler who walks down the beach towards town but he will never walk on the shore again and the tide washes away his footprints. When the author writes "The day returns‚ but nevermore returns the traveler to the shore‚ and the tide rises and the tide falls" he conveys that the traveler has died but the sun still rises and the tide still goes in and out. The mood of the poem
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A Psalm of Life 1 I think the message of this poem is to try to encourage people to live their lives in an important manor. Don’t just follow the crowd; stand out and be somebody noteworthy. Life is short‚ and we need to make it count. 2 I agree completely with the author’s view on life. I suppose my life philosophy is something along the lines of carpe diem‚ which is basically what he is saying in the line “Act--act in the living Present!” The last stanza of the poem was the part that spoke
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Heart within‚ and God o’erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime‚ And‚ departing‚ leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints‚ that perhaps another‚ Sailing o’er life’s solemn main‚ A forlorn and shipwrecked brother‚ Seeing‚ shall take heart again. Let
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