WorksheetsThe Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who wrote the poem "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"?
John Keats
William Shakespeare
William Wadsworth Longfellow
Langston Hughes
What is the author's message of the poem?
Humanity and nature will interact eternally.
Nature is indifferent to the life of humans. When a human dies, nature still continues its cycle of life.
Your state of mind determines your fate.
The sea is our eternal friend.
The end rhyme of the poem reflects ...
the constant movement of the tides
a cold, dark tone to the poem.
how time washes away existence.
Longfellow's longing to live forever.
The rising of the tide is a metaphor for
life
birth
death
humanity
The falling tide is a metaphor for
life
birth
death
humanity
The traveler is a metaphor for
life
birth
death
humanity
The changing times of the day is a metaphor for
the stages of life
birth
death
humanity
Twilight is a metaphor for
birth
death
old age
life's achievements
The phrase "footprints in the sand" is a metaphor for
old age
birth
death
life's achievements
In stanza one, the figurative meaning is that the traveler attempts to ...
accept death.
escape death.
fall into the sea.
call out to death.
In stanza 2, the figurative meaning is that the traveler
goes to sleep in the town.
walks along the seashore.
accepts the approaching hands of death.
begins a new life.
Which line from the poem is an example of personification?
The morning breaks
The tide rises, the tide falls.
The little waves with their soft white hands efface the footprints in the sand.
The steeds in their stalls stamp and weight as the hostler calls.
The word "efface" means to
evolve
erase
listen
hasten
The words "nevermore returns the traveller to the shore" means
a new morning has arrived
The traveller's memories have faded.
The traveller has died.
The beach is no longer there.
"The sea in the darkness calls" is an example of
an idiom
an hyperbole
a simile
personification
The "soft, white hands " of the waves refers to the
salt in the sea
seaweed in the ocean
foam on top of the waves
reflection of the clouds in the water
Longfellow wrote "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"
when he was just starting college.
to this first wife.
when he graduated from Harvard University.
towards the end of his life.
The curlew is actually
an eagle
an owl
a sandpiper
a turkey
"The Curlew calls" is an example of
anaphora
an idiom
alliteration
repetition
What does the author portray with the image of darkness in the first stanza?
Twilight signifies the ending of the day.
Life goes on and the world continues regardless of the tragedies that humans face.
The silence of nature
The arrival of the traveller
