Tide Rises, The Tide Falls

Comprised in the poem The Tide Rises,The Tide Falls, by Henry Wadsworth, there is an underlying theme that life goes on. Through turmoil, and negativity that one might face, there will inevitably be a positive outcome. Within this poem, various literary devices are used. These include: Onomatopoeia, metaphor, and alliteration. Furthermore, the most important one being the extensive use of metaphors. Within the title itself, and the first stanza, states “The tide rises, the tide falls”(1). It symbolizes the birth and death and the development of one's life. That life assuming to be the one of the traveller. The second stanza goes onto state that as the night nears, so does this person’s life expectancy. Nevertheless, written in this poem is