The Waves Rises The Tides Falls

Poems, stories and literature share similarities with people and nature. If literature was non existent, then poems and stories would not have any effects. They tell the history of life even if it may be real or not. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a famous poet during the Romanticism which was the late 18th century to mid 19th century. He became the only American Poet to have bust in Westminster Abbey, London, England. His work connected people to nature and to life. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote three poems that will be analyzed called “The Psalm of Life”, “The Cross of Snow”, and “The Tides Rises, the Tides Falls”. In these three poems, the themes are to keep on living because you never know when it will all end and regardless of what happens, you will always remember someone you lost. In “The Psalm of Life”, “The Cross of Snow”, and …show more content…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 to Stephan Longfellow and Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow. He was named after his uncle fought in the battle of Tripoli Harbor and died 3 years prior to Henry's birth. He was the second son among 8 children. His parents named the children so it would rhyme, "Stephen and Henry, Elizabeth and Anne, Alex and Mary, Ellen and Sam (Maine Historical Society).” He grew up in Portland, Maine which then, was still part of Massachusetts. Stephan Longfellow, Henry's father, was an attorney as well as active in public affairs. His mother was the daughter of General Peleg Wadsworth who fought in the American Revolution. The family lived home-built by Henry's grandfather. At three