The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls

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

• John Keats

• William Shakespeare

• William Wadsworth Longfellow

• Langston Hughes

What is the author's message of the poem?

• Humanity and nature will interact eternally.

• Nature is indifferent to the life of humans. When a human dies, nature still continues its cycle of life.

• Your state of mind determines your fate.

• The sea is our eternal friend.

The end rhyme of the poem reflects ...

• the constant movement of the tides

• a cold, dark tone to the poem.

• how time washes away existence.

• Longfellow's longing to live forever.

The rising of the tide is a metaphor for

• life

• birth

• death

• humanity

The falling tide is a metaphor for

• life

• birth

• death

• humanity

The traveler is a metaphor for

• life

• birth

• death

• humanity

The changing times of the day is a metaphor for

• the stages of life

• birth

• death

• humanity

Twilight is a metaphor for

• birth

• death

• old age

• life's achievements

The phrase "footprints in the sand" is a metaphor for

• old age

• birth

• death

• life's achievements

In stanza one, the figurative meaning is that the traveler attempts to ...

• accept death.

• escape death.

• fall into the sea.

• call out to death.