The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
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To To Sum Sum It Up<br />
• Elements of romanticism:<br />
– Longfellow portrays death as<br />
• A fact of life<br />
• An inevitable occurrence occurrence to to be be accepted<br />
accepted<br />
• Not to be feared<br />
– Symbolic y nature of tides suggest gg that death, , like<br />
ocean, is continual, and forever<br />
• Just as one cannot stop <strong>the</strong> tides of <strong>the</strong> ocean<br />
erasing erasing <strong>the</strong>ir "footprints footprints in <strong>the</strong> sands" sands , or<br />
ra<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>ir existence in <strong>the</strong> world, one<br />
cannot stop death from claiming his/her life
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