Dover Beach [Analyzed]

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Like a paragraph only in a poem . . .

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Stanza

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gleams and is gone

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Alliteration

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Sophocles, greek writer of tragic plays

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Allusion

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land = continuity

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Symbolism

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So various, so beautiful, so new

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Anaphora

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like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd

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Simile

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What literary device is exemplified in the lines: "The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay"? Options: Stanza, Allusion, Enjambment, Alliteration

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Enjambment

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The Sea of Faith

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Metaphor

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. . . neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain . . .

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Anaphora

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Loss of faith

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