1. Fireside Poetry Longfellow Analysis
“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” “The Cross of Snow”

2. Literary Terms Meter Sonnet
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).

3. Longfellow Analysis 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 overall.