Yes, the quote is a metaphor.
Yes, the quote "of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide" is a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'. In this quote, the author is comparing something to the 'tardy and the soft inrolling tide'. The phrase 'tardy and soft inrolling tide' is being used to describe or symbolize something else.
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•What defines a “hero”? Is everyone’s definition the same? Why or why
not?
•Why are some individuals seen as heroes to some and outlaws to
others?
•Do heroes and outlaws create themselves, or do we create them
through the ideas we communicate about them?