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The Tide rises,Falls & The

Chambered N

By Jessica Hauda andHodge

The poems theChambered Nautilusand the Tide Rises, theTide Falls reflectromanticideals by

emphasizing theindividual and by usingimagination.

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Background on Romanticism and WStudied

Ran roughly from 1790-1830 Rejected rationalism

Believed that creativity and spontaneity wemost important.

Works Studied:

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Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAuthor of The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

Born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine Harvard Scholar

Heavily influenced by Romanticism

Works include Hyperion, Evangeline, Poems on Slavery andof Hiawatha.

Longfellow died on March 24, 1882, in Cambridge, Massachu

http://www.biography.com/people/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-9385673#awesm=~oGNciHYSuHn7q6

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Analysis of The Tide Rises, the Tide F

The tide rising= birth The tide falling= death

This poem points out that human life is constantly cand nature is constant.

The rising tide represents the good things that happ

The falling tide represents he bad things that happ

The rising and falling tides happen in a cycle, you con without the other. (ying-yang)

The message: Keep moving because life is like the always moving on.

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Structure, Language, and Style of TTide Rises, the Tide Falls

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Use of Metaphors, similes, repetition and onomatop

American Poetry

Use of line, couplet, and stanzas

Creative and Imaginative poems

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Author of The Chambered Nautilus

Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on August 29, 1809Cambridge, Massachusetts

Graduated from Harvard and taught at Dartmouth

Best known for his accomplishments as a poet and

humorist

Holmes wrote the poem "Old Ironsides" and the "BreTable" essay series

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Analysis of The Chambered Nautilu 1stStanza: Holmes describes and tells the legend of the

Chambered Nautilus.

2ndStanza: The Nautilus cracks its shell after it worked sohard to grow it.

3rdStanza: The Nautilus puts forth a lot of time & effort toregrow its shell/chambers.

4thStanza: Triton= Son of Poseidon. He blows on a horn

made of a Chambered Nautilus shell in order to calmdown the sea. The Chambered Nautilus shell answerslifes big question.

5thStanza: The answer to lifes big question is to grow andnot go backwards, and to make each year better thanthe last.

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Structure, Language, and Style of TChambered Nautilus

The Chambered Nautilus serves as a metaphor for the humanhow one should continue to create an extravagant future.

Leave thy low vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the32)

Holmes connotation of lifes unresting sea tells the readers tis always room for improvement in the soul.

Leaving thine outgrown shell by lifes unresting sea! (35)

Holmes uses imagery to convey the meaning of thnautilus.

The nautilus is described as a ship of pearl (1) which showextravagance.

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How The Poems Connect Back toRomanticism

Jessica Hauda

The poems the Chambered Nautilus and theRises, the Tide Falls reflect romanticideals by

emphasizing the individual and by using

imagination.

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls shows romantic

through its emphasis on the individual ( the t The Chambered Nautilus shows romantic ide

through its use of imagination by describing

nautilus.

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Jessica Hauda & Corey Hodge

The Chambered Nautilus Analysis. Elite Skills Classics, 5 Aug. 2007. Web. 10 June 2014..

"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." Bio. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 June 2014.."Oliver Wendell Holmes." Bio. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 June 2014.