Read the first stanza of "the tide rises, the tide falls." the tide rises, the tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls; along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveller hastens toward the town, and the tide rises, the tide falls. why does the poet most likely use the words “damp and brown” to describe the sands? to create a subdued mood within the poem to make the poem more haunting or unsettling to give a sense of the time of year to evoke sadness within the reader

The answer is: to evoke sadness within the reader

This stanza, as well as the whole poem, evokes a state of sadness and, perhaps, resignation to what happens in life. The author emphasizes the verse "The tide rises, the tide falls" by repeating it twice, which can be a reference to life with its "ups" and downs" or the birth and death.

By using the words "darkens" and then "damp" and "brown", the speaker is trying to create a dreary and gloomy mood within the poem.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)