Question

Read the first stanza of "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. Why does the poet most likely use the words "damp and brown" to describe the sands?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Probably because there are no sands but some kind of brown boulder rather than fluffy white sand. Also perhaps the weather was rainy and humid.