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[Knot]

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Hi Joshua,

turns out some of us didn't know that a storm surge and a tidal surge were synonyms.

(And in the (helpful) example you quote, they use 'storm' twice.)

I'm also not sure that a 'surging' tide is, necessarily, the same as a 'surge tide'. If you'd written safe beyond the gushing/swelling/swirling tide (all synonymous with surging) there would be no sense of threat, and I think that's where the ambiguity/problem lies. As a matter of curiosity, were you not restricted by the 'side' rhyme would you have said Safe beyond the tidal surge ? Perhaps a modifier for 'surge' would help? Safe beyond the wild/fell surge tide ?

Best, Knot

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