Question

How does the theme of "the tide rises, the tide falls" develop as the poem move forward

Answer 1

Death is literally everywhere in "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls." The poem takes place at twilight (the death of the day), a traveler is seen leaving the shore for the last time (he is dead by the end of the poem), and the speaker keeps telling us that, while the tide rises, it also falls (in a sense, it dies)

Answer 2

C. The poem’s overall theme changes from one that indicates an awe of nature to one that conveys a fear of it.