LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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The permanence of man
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The permanence of time
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The Poet
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An Everyman figure
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Detailed explanation-1: -The speaker describes through the use of refrains and repetition the movement of the tide. It rises and falls just as life flourishes and dies. Longfellow uses the symbol of a traveler walking on the seashore to represent all life and its inevitable rush towards death.
Detailed explanation-2: -How are the traveler and the hostler in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” different? The traveler will never return but the hostler will always be there. The hostler interacts with nature and the traveler passes by nature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Okay, so the speaker never says, “the traveler isn’t coming back because he’s dead, ” but all the images and word choice in the poem suggest that he has died.
Detailed explanation-4: -Question 2: Where is the traveller going? Answer: The traveller is going to the town.