Dover Beach [Analyzed]

Like a paragraph only in a poem . . .

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gleams and is gone

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Sophocles, greek writer of tragic plays

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land = continuity

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So various, so beautiful, so new

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like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd

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"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."

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• Allusion

• Enjambment

• Alliteration

The Sea of Faith

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

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Loss of faith

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