“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems

“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”

What word personify the sea and the waves in the second stanza? Do these images create a disturbing effect or a gentle, comfortable feeling? Explain

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.

Asked by Noni C #690824 on 11/27/2018 2:28 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 11/27/2018 4:57 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 11/27/2018 4:57 PM

The little waves, with their soft, white hands : there is a gentle natural sense to these words.

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