1. "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" Billy, Caroline, Kristen

2. Speaker Third person Does not clarify who the speaker is.

3. Speaker's Attitude Towards... Life Trying to say life goes on. (Thematic statement)

4. Literal Topics The tide Time of day

5. Significant Diction "Darkness", "twilight", "morning"... Become a metaphor for stages of life. "Sea", "shore", "tide"... The tide keeps going, so it gives us a feeling of never ending.

6. Significant and Effective Literary Terms Anaphora... "As the tide rises, as the tide falls" Alliteration..."traveler hastens toward the town"..."steed in their stalls"