The
stanza evokes a peaceful sense of completion.
<span>It
kindles the feeling of going home, or in a more profound way, finding rest in
dying. The “footprints in the sands” is a metaphor for the life that the
speaker lived, and the “tide” is a metaphor for death, wiping away the
footprints. The last line “And the tide rises the tide falls,” implies
that the speaker believes there is life after death.</span>
