Could you imagine yourself by the seashore as you read? now that you have read the
selection, try answering a question about its main idea.
what important idea is conveyed in the poem's title, “the tide rises, the tide falls"?
(
a. the existence of life's opposite forces
b. the effect of wave patterns on a beach
c. the uncertainty of life on the coast
d. the importance of water and its fluidity

The answer is letter A, the existence of life's opposite forces.

Explanation:

"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" is a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Since it is a poem, it means that the words in it must not be taken literally for they have deeper meanings. The "tide" in his poem symbolizes the forces in life. When the tide rises, it means that good things happen and when the tide falls, it means bad things happen. This also means that every person experiences such tides in his life until he dies. The cycle continues to other people, those who are born also experiences such opposite forces in life.

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.