The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Story: The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls/The Cross of Snow
Members: Ryan Shaffer, Derek Erhahon, Xavier Brown
1. Writer's Background:
2. The Writer's other works: It seems that Longfellow had a way of seeing life as a beautiful work of art and it that sometimes it could be mysterious. As Longfellow says in the Psalm of life “Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream”. As he also so in A Shadow “ To read the rest of their history, So full of history and so full of dread”. In the shadow he asks himself how will his childrens life be after his death. In His poem The Nameless Grave He talks about how one life is wasted away during war and how the men are brave, but doomed. …show more content…
Precis of the Short Story: In the poems “the tide rises the tide falls”
5. 1 Technical Details of the Story: The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls A: Setting:
B. Characters:
-Longfellow does not include any humans in the poem, except for a single traveller, “The traveller hastens toward the town” (Longfellow) and a hostler. “Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls” However, Longfellow uses personification in order to use the objects he mentions as characters.
C. Point of View:
-The poet is written completely in the third person point of view. The author never mentions himself or any other characters in the poem. He only refers to objects in nature. “Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls” (Longfellow) This allows the author to focus on nature’s beauty. The author does mention a lone traveller at the beginning and end of the poem, but that is the only human activity that takes place in the poem. “The day returns, but nevermore Returns the traveller to the shore.” (Longfellow)
D. Plot …show more content…
He is in the room where his wife, Fanny Appleton, had died in a fire. Longfellow writes this poem then many years later in remembrance of his wife. He writes in the room looking at a portrait of Fanny, ”Looks at me from the wall, where round its head” (Longfellow). 18 years later Longfellow writes looking at a photo of a mountain that seems to have a “cross-like” structure made of snow.
B. Characters: -The characters that are mentioned in the poem are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Fanny Appleton. His wife died after an ember from their fireplace caused her dress to catch fire. Her death is part of his inspiration to write this poem.
C. Point of View: -He uses first person point of view to describe his own activities. “Looks at me from the wall…” (Longfellow) The poem is written from the writer’s perspective. There are no other live characters in the poem. He lays awake at night, thinking of his dead wife. “Here in this room she died”(Longfellow) His use of first person point of view helps him show that he is
Members: Ryan Shaffer, Derek Erhahon, Xavier Brown
1. Writer's Background:
2. The Writer's other works: It seems that Longfellow had a way of seeing life as a beautiful work of art and it that sometimes it could be mysterious. As Longfellow says in the Psalm of life “Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream”. As he also so in A Shadow “ To read the rest of their history, So full of history and so full of dread”. In the shadow he asks himself how will his childrens life be after his death. In His poem The Nameless Grave He talks about how one life is wasted away during war and how the men are brave, but doomed. …show more content…
Precis of the Short Story: In the poems “the tide rises the tide falls”
5. 1 Technical Details of the Story: The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls A: Setting:
B. Characters:
-Longfellow does not include any humans in the poem, except for a single traveller, “The traveller hastens toward the town” (Longfellow) and a hostler. “Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls” However, Longfellow uses personification in order to use the objects he mentions as characters.
C. Point of View:
-The poet is written completely in the third person point of view. The author never mentions himself or any other characters in the poem. He only refers to objects in nature. “Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls” (Longfellow) This allows the author to focus on nature’s beauty. The author does mention a lone traveller at the beginning and end of the poem, but that is the only human activity that takes place in the poem. “The day returns, but nevermore Returns the traveller to the shore.” (Longfellow)
D. Plot …show more content…
He is in the room where his wife, Fanny Appleton, had died in a fire. Longfellow writes this poem then many years later in remembrance of his wife. He writes in the room looking at a portrait of Fanny, ”Looks at me from the wall, where round its head” (Longfellow). 18 years later Longfellow writes looking at a photo of a mountain that seems to have a “cross-like” structure made of snow.
B. Characters: -The characters that are mentioned in the poem are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Fanny Appleton. His wife died after an ember from their fireplace caused her dress to catch fire. Her death is part of his inspiration to write this poem.
C. Point of View: -He uses first person point of view to describe his own activities. “Looks at me from the wall…” (Longfellow) The poem is written from the writer’s perspective. There are no other live characters in the poem. He lays awake at night, thinking of his dead wife. “Here in this room she died”(Longfellow) His use of first person point of view helps him show that he is