““The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”“The Cross of Snow”“The Cross of Snow”
Meter
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Has a “sing-song” sound when read aloud Sonnet
14-line rhymed poem It usually still has the “sing-song” sound when
read aloud (with a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables).
Literary Terms
Read “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” (pg.
172) Read “The Cross of Snow” (pg. 174)
Create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Longfellow’s poems.
Underneath your diagram, write a brief paragraph explaining how these two poems are “Romantic” poems.
Longfellow Analysis