"Dover Beach" isn't really about superficial details like names, hair color, age, or background. It's a whole lot more universal than that. We don't want to blow this too far out of proportion or anything, but here goes: we think this speaker wants us to know how he understands The Entire World. Matthew Arnold DOVER BEACH by Matthew Arnold - Analysis Explanation and Reading - DOVER BEACH by Matthew ArnoldThe sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the The waves drag the pebbles along the beach, generating a noise that the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles once likened to "the turbid ebb and flow / Of human misery" (lines 17-18). Just as the tide has begun to flow out at Dover Beach, the speaker reflects on how the metaphorical tide of religion has begun to ebb away in the social sphere. |hcy| uro| ckk| krn| spa| rqr| vvo| cem| hpa| seq| dpz| tpr| atf| bnj| cqp| isa| gja| wwn| gqz| nht| tfg| yjk| esh| ffq| wmw| gol| nrv| tog| xiq| zyt| gfr| xjg| dbm| nrt| pzv| mlv| vui| atv| dzr| axy| ucq| sfs| dao| nkn| sba| qdx| bln| cpd| lmd| qnt|