Question

What genre is :A Life on the Ocean Wave"? How do you know?

Answer 1

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The poem A Life on the Ocean Wave by Epes Sargent is about a person who is desperate to go back to his life as a sailor. He misses the "the flashing brine/The spray and the tempest's roar!" of the sea, because a sea voyage is full of dangers to overcome and adventures to conquer.

Answer 2

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"A Life on the Ocean Wave" is a poem-turned-song by Epes Sargent published in 1838 and set to music by Henry Russell.

One day Sargent was walking on The Battery in New York City watching the ships enter the harbour. This scene inspired Sargent to write a poem, which Russell later put to music. The song soon became popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

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