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"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 diminished standing of Christianity, which the speaker sees as being unable to withstand the rising tide of scientific discovery.
Dover Beach. By Matthew Arnold. 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 tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray.
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, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray. Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Nov 10, 2023 · 'Dover Beach' is Matthew Arnold's best-known poem. Written in 1851, it was inspired by two visits he and his new wife Frances made to the southern coast of England, where the white cliffs of Dover stand, just twenty-two miles from the coast of France.
Dover Beach. 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 tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray. Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Feb 16, 2021 · Dover Beach is Matthew Arnold’s most famous poem, as well as one of the standard poems in all Victorian canons. It was written sometime between 1848 and 1851 but not published till 1867, when Arnold had essentially ceased writing poetry.
DOVER BEACH. 1 THE SEA is calm to-night, 2 The tide is full, the moon lies fair 3 Upon the Straits;--on the French coast, the light 4 Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, 5 Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. 6 Come to the window, sweet is the night air! 7 Only, from the long line of spray 8 Where the ebb meets the moon ...
Mar 7, 2024 · “Dover Beach” is a lyrical poem composed of four stanzas. It reflects Arnold’s concerns about the decline of faith and the erosion of traditional values in the face of a changing world. Set against the backdrop of the English Channel near Dover, the poem juxtaposes the beauty of nature with the turmoil of the human condition.
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) 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 vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! Only, from the long line of spray
May 13, 2011 · Read, review and discuss the Dover Beach poem by Matthew Arnold on Poetry.com.
