1. “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” “The Cross of Snow”

2.   Meter  Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry  Has a “sing-song” sound when read aloud  Sonnet  14-line rhymed poem  It usually still has the “sing-song” sound when read aloud (with a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables). Literary Terms

3.   Read “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” (pg. 172)  Read “The Cross of Snow” (pg. 174)  Create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Longfellow’s poems.  Underneath your diagram, write a brief paragraph explaining how these two poems are “Romantic” poems. Longfellow Analysis