Dover Beach: Conflicting Imagery
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In the poem Dover Beach, the poet uses conflicting imagery to give
meaning to the poem. The differences in the way that the poet sees the
relationship between the beach and the sea and the way that most people
would see it become more pronounced as the poem develops. He also uses the
change in att ....
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.... suffering and in it's roar the poet can hear that
suffering.
When the poet talks about Sophocles and the Aegean he is clearly
reinforcing the idea of the sea being the bearer of misery. The reference
is to Sophocles tragic plays and the suffering that necessarily accompanied
them. This image becomes powerful as the reader realizes that the poet is
saying that he can hear the same message on Dover Beach that Sophocles
heard so many years ago by the Aegean. He is basically saying that the
nature ....
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