Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote two poems that I read. One was called "The Sound of the Sea" and the other was called "Sunrise on the Hills".
"The Sound of the Sea" is about the sound of the sea as the waves hit the shore and the tide quickly rises. The rush of the tides is compared to the rushes of people experience. Longfellow states that the inspirations may be from the heavens and not just from regularity with which the tide rises and falls. The tide of the sea and the tide of the soul are both beyond a human’s control. Something that I read online that I found interesting was that if this poem is read out loud, the rhythm goes along with the imagery of the poem. I decided to try out this idea and I definitely agree, but I cannot decide if I think Longfellow did this on purpose.
"In Sunrise on the Hills" Holmes describes exactly what is expected from the title. He talks of the hills and the valleys of landscapes from New England. He describes in great detail what he hears and sees from all angles.
Something that I found Longfellow was famous for was that the style of his writing was easy to read and was written with a good sense of rhythm. I definitely agree with this considering what I discovered about "The Sound of the Sea".
When I read about how Longfellow wrote in "The Sound of the Sea" that peoples inspirations may be from the heavens opposed to the regularity in which tides occur, a light bulb went off in my head. I remembered a teacher of mine at the church I went to telling me that when you get a really amazing thought, it is God who gives you that idea. It may not always come to a person naturally the way some other things do. Inspirations are rooted from God and heaven.
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In Longfellow's "Sound of the Sea" he compares greatly the sea and human emotions. For example he says, "The rushing of the sea-tides of the soul." He also uses personification to enhance his writings: "Or roar of winds upon a wooded steep." In his "Sunrise on the Hills," Longfellow uses alot of imagery to describe many scences in nature. Like many other poets of the Romantic period, Longfellow's poems stress the beauty of nature. He even says in this poem, "If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep,Go to the woods and hills!"
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