"The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

The tide rises, the tide falls,

The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;

Along the sea-sands damp and brown

The traveller hastens toward the town,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

 

 

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,

But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;

The little waves, with their soft, white hands,

Efface the footprints in the sands,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

 

 

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls

Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;

The day returns, but nevermore

Returns the traveller to the shore,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

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Who wrote the poem "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882)

 

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. He was one of the most famous American poets of the 19th century, both domestically and internationally, and was one of the few American writers honored in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine (then still part of Massachusetts). He studied at Bowdoin College and became a professor there and later at Harvard University. His poems were known for their musicality, often including stories of mythology and legend.

"The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" explanation

In this short and simple poem, the poet shows the transience and finiteness of life through the beauty and eternity of nature, in an artistic and masterful way. The constant rises and falls of the tides symbolize the recurring cycle of life (birth and death). The traveler (human beings) hastens his journey, and the constant tides erases the footprints. Although the traveler is gone and never coming back, the tide still rises and falls.