The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls Themes

Okay, so maybe "Life Goes On" would be a better title for "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls," but the tides here are just a stand in for the natural world as we know it. The rising and falling of the...

For as much as this poem has to say about the circle of life, it's also a poem that has a whole lot to say about death. Death is literally everywhere in "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls." The poem t...