Question

Why are the littitle wave startled in meeting at night poem?

Answer 1

Meeting at Night" is a Victorian English love poem by Robert Browning. ... In 1849, the poetseparated them into the two poems"Meeting at Night" and "Parting at Morning". The poem (like others of the 1845 collection) was written during the courtship period of Browning with his future wife Elizabeth Barrett.

Answer 2

There is a brisk pace due to the succession of images, from the "fiery ringlets" to the "slushy sand", complementing the eagerness of the narrator. The tone of the poem starts quite calmly with the scenic moon looming over the sea, but it shifts to a more tense nature with the "startled little waves"