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Coloring Page Poems: The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Longfellow The Tide Rises coloring page - boat by seaside
We’ve heard that coloring pages can be a good way to alleviate stress. And of course, we know that poetry is also a fine way to reduce stress. So what could be better than putting the two together? This year, we’re introducing a series of fun Coloring Page Poems that you can print, color, and doodle your way to relaxation and stress relief. Today, we offer “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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Coloring Page Poems The Tide Rises the Tide Falls by Longfellow

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel, Adjustments, is available now.

Comments

  1. Sandra Heska King says

    November 15, 2016 at 10:17 am

    And lucky me… I get to not only immerse myself in poetry and break out my colored pencils, but I get to walk along the sea-sandal damp and brown and watch the tide come in…

    Reply
  2. Megan Willome says

    June 19, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    I like this poem a lot and used it as a guide to write my own. Do you know if it follows a particular form?

    Reply
    • Sara Barkat says

      June 22, 2017 at 9:13 pm

      When I looked at the poem it seemed a lot like the rondeau to me, though it doesn’t follow the form exactly. (Although the form has a lot of variations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondeau_(forme_fixe)) – Schmoop (http://www.shmoop.com/the-tide-rises-the-tide-falls/rhyme-form-meter.html) calls it a modified rondeau, and it seems to explain the specific form of the poem in some depth (I didn’t read through it all though).

      Reply
  3. Rosemarie Fairman says

    July 9, 2017 at 2:28 pm

    I am enchanted. New to this site, I find the coloring page poems a lovely extension to sharing a poem. Thank you

    Reply
    • Will Willingham says

      July 9, 2017 at 4:07 pm

      Welcome, Rosemarie. 🙂 So glad to have you here.

      Reply

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