The Brook and the Wave
A brooklet runs from the mountain while a turbulent wave rolls in the ocean, singing along the beach and howling along a cave. Though initially far apart, they meet, and the brooklet fills the wave's personified bitter heart with freshness and sweetness.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Nature Poetry, Personification · 103 words
First lines
The brooklet came from the mountain, / As sang the bard of old, / Running with feet of silver / Over the sands of gold!
Far away in the briny ocean / There rolled a turbulent wave, / Now singing along the sea-beach, / Now howling along the cave.
And the brooklet has found the billow / Though they flowed so far apart, / And has filled with its freshness and sweetness / That turbulent bitter heart!
Genres
- Nature Poetry — Three rhymed stanzas follow a mountain brooklet and an ocean wave until their waters meet.
- Personification — The brooklet has silver feet, and the wave sings, howls, and possesses a bitter heart.
Tags
mountain streams · ocean waves · fresh water · personification
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Personification
- Length: 103 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
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