Question

Why does the poet use the refrain In the poem " The tide rises, The tide falls " by Henry Wardsworth Longfellow?

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Answer 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.