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I chose to reflect on Tide Rises and Tide Falls, a poem we read in class during our Romanticism unit. Tide Rises and Tide Falls was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This poem talks about the circle of life through the example of a person dying and life going on after his death. Though life does keep moving along, everyone leaves a legacy behind, whether it is positive or negative. Some legacies may be large, others may be small, but no one is just forgotten after they die. Overall, I think Longfellow did a great job on this poem. He used great alliteration and consonance. Tide Rises and Tide Falls is a poem that I actually enjoyed reading.