English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1323 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Dover Beach"
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The idea
In "Dover Beach," published in eighteen sixty-seven, the speaker hears in the waves "The eternal note of sadness." "The Sea of Faith" once full now makes a "long, withdrawing roar." He asks, "Ah, love, let us be true / To one another!" for the world is "a darkling plain."
In practice
A retreating sea of faith.
Where people slip
Love is the only refuge offered.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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