'Holmes and Longfellow\r'

'1. What metaphors does Holmes intake to describe the broadcast in stanzas one and both of â€Å" sexagenarian Ironsides”? In the first stanza, he speaks of a meteor of the ocean air, which I assume compares the boat to a great and brisk force. In the second stanza, he says that the ship is the â€Å" double birdie of the sea”, which compares it to the national bird and shows it’s energy and dignity. 2. In 1830, the 44-gun American warship Constitution, the inspiration for â€Å"Old Ironsides,” was scheduled to be scrapped †that is, stripped of everything valuable or reasonable.\r\nWhat proposal is put forth by Holmes, in the last stanza of his meter? It would be better for her to be put to sea and sunk. 3. What do you think Holmes wants the ship to symbolize? The ship symbolizes the strength, dignity, and pride of a nation. 4. The term, â€Å"Harpies,” in line 15 of â€Å"Old Ironsides” is an allusion to predatory move creatures in Greek mythology, which have bodies of vultures and heads of women. The name meant â€Å"snatchers” or â€Å"robbers. ” Why do you think that Holmes uses this allusion in his poem?\r\nHarpies would lure ships and men to their deaths and scavenge the ship, just as the people who are assigned to strip the boat. 5. In Longfellows â€Å"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls,” how does the title foreshadow the concomitant the traveler will not return? The boost and falling of the tide shows a constant cycles/second of coming and going, just as the traveler will. 6. Do you think Longfellows poem is about one particular(prenominal) traveler, or could it apply to all in cosmopolitan? Explain your answer. It applies to all because all travelers go by dint of thw hardships of coming and going. . Personification is a figure of obstetrical delivery in which an object or animal is apt(p) human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Cite an example of Longfellows use of person ification in â€Å"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls. ” â€Å"The dark darkens, curlew calls” 8. How does the division into stanzas reflect the passage of time in the poem? Example: Stanza One presents twilight blackening into night. What do stanzas two and three represent? Stanza two represents heavy darkness, and stanza three represents daybreak.\r\n'