Dover Beach | The Poetry Foundation
The sea is calm tonight. 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 …
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold - Poem Analysis
Arnold begins ‘Dover Beach’ by describing the setting in which it is taking place. It is clear from the title, although never explicitly stated in the poem, that the beach in question is Dover, on …
Dover Beach Poem Summary and Analysis - LitCharts
"Dover Beach" is the most celebrated poem by Matthew Arnold, a writer and educator of the Victorian era. The poem expresses a crisis of faith, with the speaker acknowledging the …
Dover Beach - Wikipedia
Arnold begins with a naturalistic and detailed nightscape of the beach at Dover in which auditory imagery plays a significant role ("Listen! you hear the grating roar"). [5] The beach, however, is …
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold - Academy of American Poets
1822 –. 1888. The sea is calm tonight. 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, …
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold - Famous poems, famous poets …
The calm, peaceful setting of the sea at night contrasts with the speaker's inner turmoil and sense of disillusionment. The poem's comparison to Sophocles' writing suggests a universal …
Dover Beach and Selected Poems Full Text - Owl Eyes
Helvetica. Dover Beach. The sea is calm to-night. 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, …
Matthew Arnold – Dover Beach - Genius
The sea is calm to-night. 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...
Dover Beach - Arnold - PotW.org
Dover Beach. THE sea is calm to-night. 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 …
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold - The Victorian Web
Apr 3, 2002 · The sea is calm to-night. 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, …