Kyle Jones Dr. Mears English 1102 25 October 2011 Dover Beach‚ An Explication In the realm of literature the role of a poet is one of the most challenging to play. Matthew Arnold fulfilled this role to a tee. With his devout spiritual nature and keep understanding of the written word Arnold arguably scripted some of the greatest poems The world has ever known. Arguably the most famous of these poems is “Dover Beach.” Through his transformations of point of view‚ mastery of figurative language
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Dover Beach Mathew Arnold Time and Place Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) wrote "Dover Beach" during or shortly after a visit he and his wife made to the Dover region of southeastern England‚ the setting of the poem‚ in 1851. They had married in June of that year. A draft of the first two stanzas of the poem appears on a sheet of paper he used to write notes for another work‚ "Empedocles on Etna‚" published in 1852. The town of Dover is closer to France than any other port city in England. The body
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The poem “Dover Beach” written by Matthew Arnold is about a human misery. Nature especially the sea is used in order to draw a comparison between the fights of nature and the human misery. The poem consists of four stanzas which have a different amount of lines. The first stanza consists of 14 lines‚ the second of six‚ the third of eight and the last line of nine lines. The rhyme scheme is very irregular. For example‚ in the first eight lines of the poem it is abacdbdc. The first stanza can
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white fluffy clouds that go on forever..The sweet breeze and the smell of salt in the air make the day smell new and fresh..Sea oats that blow in the wind as if they are telling a secret that has been kept for years..Blue waves that crash against the beach making the sand crumble between my toes..Crabs running everywhere.. Then I see it..a blue house..with its paint starting to fade from the hot sun..pink shutters that storms have almost destroyed..but the house still looks amazing sitting there facing
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“Dover Beach” ENG125 Debora Zeringue July 15‚ 2013 “Dover Beach”‚ written by Matthew Arnold‚ is about a beach that is really beautiful‚ but holds much deeper significance than what meets the eye. “Matthew Arnold presents a very real theme of love and magnificence in his poem. He creates a scene of beauty among the sea and shores‚ mixed with night and moonlight” (Harrison). He also presents us with underlying misery‚ which is easily over looked and disregarded. Arnold writes of love and loss
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Dover Beach ‘Dover Beach’ written by Matthew Arnold. Arnold visited Dover Beach immediately after his marriage with Francis Lucy Whitman. But he does not emit contentment nor does he glamorize the poem. He expresses a sort of grief at the loss of faith he has in religion that is the sole characteristic of the Victorian Era. The poem’s tone is miserable or unhappy. It is a poem in which depicts religious‚ emotional‚ and philosophical traits. Although the poem describes the sea as beautiful scenes
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Beachy Paradise One of my most favourite places in the world would be the blazing hot beaches in Fiji. Deuba beach is a sandy wonderland filled with childhood memories. Things I will never forget. Ripples of water boil in the beaming sun making itself a big spa. Odd slimy seaweed flows in and out‚ rhythmically moving with the current‚ not causing a single suspense. Starving sea gulls squawk overhead like hunting vultures stalking their preys’‚ waiting for the predators to leave. The ocean breeze
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My Imagined Beach ENG121: English Composition August 26‚ 2013 After living for fifty-five years and visiting a lot of places‚ I have never been to or sat on‚ or walked along beach like the one in my imagination. Even though‚ I have not had this pleasure‚ I do have a vivid imagination. Sometimes when I want to get away‚ I imagine walking along the shores and sitting on the beach. My get away beach is perfect. The most beautiful beach that I have ever seen is in my imagination
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suitcase‚ sitting near the black colored T.V‚ and grabbed my bright orange swim trunks. I ran like a cheetah catching it’s prey‚ into the tiny cramped bathroom to change. I sprinted out of my beachfront hotel and onto the golden brown sand of the beach. The sand wasn’t too hot since it was still morning. I love the feeling of the rough‚ grainy sand sliding through my small toes and I smell the gentle breeze of the clear‚ blue ocean. In my mind I know the ocean has to be freezing cold‚ but I can’t
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Rhetoric and Composition Compare/Contrast Beach vs. Mountains Everyone always looks forward to their vacation periods‚ no matter what age they are. There are many locations from which to choose‚ but the most common tends to be the beach or the mountains. The beach offers activities and climate that the mountains cannot and vice versa. The beach and mountains are polar opposites. Although they are different‚ people can enjoy what both have to offer. In the mountains‚ the climate most often
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