Holmes is saying that it would e much more dignified if the ship was to be lost at sea; like to bring the ship to the ocean and sink it. 3. What do you think Holmes wants the ship to symbolize? Im guessing the ship symbolizes the pride of battle. It has experienced so much and it has to be taken apart, but the author feels that it holds symbolic value, so it must either be preserved or laid to rest. 4. The term,”Harpies,” in line 15 of “Old Ironsides” is an allusion to predatory flying creatures in Greek mythology, which have dies of vultures and heads of women.
The name meant “snatchers” or “robbers. ” Why do you think that Holmes uses this allusion in his poem? The ship that the poem is based off of was supposed to be scrapped and stripped of all valuable parts. The stripers are the harpies, as they are picking the ship clean of all that is good. 5. In Longfellow “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls,” how does the title foreshadow the fact the traveler will not return? Well when the tide falls, it takes and whatever is on the beach away. That implies that the traveler will be taken away, never to return. . Do you think Longfellow poem is about one specific traveler, or could it apply to all in general? Explain your answer. I think it’s about all in general because, like the tide, people come and go to places. They come, stay for a while, enjoy it for a bit, and leave. I 7. Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Cite an example of Longfellow use of personification in “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls. There are a few in the second stanza. “The sea calls… “Little white hands” 8. How does the division into stanzas reflect the passage of time in the poem? Example: Stanza One presents twilight darkening into night. What do stanzas two and three represent’stanza two represents midnight, and stanza 3 represents the sun rising in the morning. From Darkness’s darkness comes a bright light;The beginning of a new lifeline a world where death awaits first come see the Joy of life. A quarter through the cycle comes the love of your fishes is the light in your dark, come to make things right.
A flower, a promise, a ring come soonest the Red Death comes and claims the light. To arms many go, to fight the Redbreasts and battles take more await take lives for what you believe inlet is all you can do to cope with the dark. The Red takes many, too many to bear You remain alive to see what death has shamefaced and afraid, you do what you muster red fades into darkness, which is the bullet’s gift. From darkness comes a bright lighting the first time you smile as you see her face.
