Question

which best describes the speaker’s view of the individual’s relationship with nature in "the tide rises, the tide falls"?

Answer 1

Answer: B, The individual and nature coexist but are largely separate

Answer 2

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?