LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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To make sure the reader knows the setting.
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To imitate the repetition of the waves.
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To make the poem sound more professional.
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To include a literary device,
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the purpose of the repetition of the tide rising and falling in the poem? To make sure the reader knows the setting. To imitate the repetition of the waves. To make the poem sound more professional.
Detailed explanation-2: -The lines follow the pattern of AABBA AACCA AADDA. The last line of each stanza is what is known as a refrain. The same exact phrase, “And the tide rises, the tide falls, ” is repeated word for word.
Detailed explanation-3: -The dark scene of sea-shore depicts his final stage and town here refers to death. In the final line, the poet repeats the phrase and the tide rises, the tide falls meaning that birth-death-rebirth goes on for eternity but the life of humans is temporary.
Detailed explanation-4: -Even though this poem doesn’t have a fixed or regular meter, it does have a very regular rhyme scheme that offsets the irregularity of the meter. The scheme is as follows: AABBA AACCA AADDA, where each letter stands for that line’s end rhyme.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poem comprises emotions of a traveler, who witnesses the constant rise and fall of the tide, which symbolically shows the progression of life. The rising signifies the beginning of life, and the falling tides signify the end of mortal life.