Due Today
“A Psalm of Life” Questions
Agenda
Guest Speaker
Mrs. Santoyo came into class to talk to the students about preparing for college.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”
We went over some background information about the poem (p. 258). Students were then instructed to read the poem on p. 260 and answer the following questions:
1. Which event occurs in the first stanza? Which details suggest that the traveler is nearing death? Which details suggest that he has died?
2. Which line does the speaker repeat throughout the poem? What effect does repetition have on the message of the poem?
3. What do you think Longfellow’s outlook on life and death was when he wrote the poem? Explain.
2. Which line does the speaker repeat throughout the poem? What effect does repetition have on the message of the poem?
3. What do you think Longfellow’s outlook on life and death was when he wrote the poem? Explain.
Comparing Literary Works
Students were also instructed to answer the following questions, comparing Longfellow’s two poems:
1. Describe the overall mood in “A Psalm of Life.” Describe the overall mood in “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls.”
2. In what ways, if any, does Longfellow’s attitude toward life change between the first poem (“Psalm”) and the one he wrote forty years later (“Tide”)?
3. In what ways do the images in each poem and the moods they evoke connect with the circumstances of Longfellow’s life? Explain.
Homework
“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” and Comparing Literary Works questions due tomorrow, 10/30/15.
2. In what ways, if any, does Longfellow’s attitude toward life change between the first poem (“Psalm”) and the one he wrote forty years later (“Tide”)?
3. In what ways do the images in each poem and the moods they evoke connect with the circumstances of Longfellow’s life? Explain.
Homework
“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” and Comparing Literary Works questions due tomorrow, 10/30/15.
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