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Read the stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls.”

Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls: The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Which word in the stanza best establishes a peaceful mood?


footprints

settles

rises

hands

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The Answer is, B. settles

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Answer: B) Settles.

Explanation: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. We can also say that the mood is the emotional setting of the piece or its atmosphere. In the given stanza from "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" the word that best establishes a peaceful mood is "settles" which means to come to order or rest.