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    A Study Guide for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"
    A Study Guide for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"
    A Study Guide for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"
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    A Study Guide for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"

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    A Study Guide for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 28, 2016
    ISBN9781535840064
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      A Study Guide for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" - Gale

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      The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

      Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

      1880

      Introduction

      An American poet best known for works such as his long poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sought to capture Native American cultural identity in his writings. Longfellow also composed numerous brief lyrical poems, such as The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls.

      In this poem, written late in his career, Longfellow uses the imagery of the incoming and outgoing tides, along with images and language pertaining to dusk, nighttime, and dawn, to suggest the passage of time. Longfellow, through the course of the three-stanza poem, marks the progress of a nameless traveler across this coastline landscape, and through the night and morning. With this structure, the mortality of man is underscored, and it is further juxtaposed with the eternal qualities of the natural world. Longfellow further uses rhythm and repetition to complement the images of the waves on the beach and provide the poem with a traditional and familiar structure for his readers. Longfellow's incorporation of elements such as traditional structures, familiar imagery, and accessible themes, is reflective of his association with a group of poets that came to be known as the Fireside, or Schoolroom, poets. These poets, including Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, and William Cullen Bryant, among others, explored the natural world, the American landscape, American history, and themes such as spirituality and mortality, in a manner that appealed to many American readers. Longfellow is regarded as among the most popular American poets during this time period.

      The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls was published in the 1880 collection of poetry by Longfellow Ultima Thule, published by Houghton Mifflin. The poem may also be found in such collections as Favorite Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited and

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